Kiki Sugino
Actor
Biography
Kiki Sugino, born as Seo Yeong Hwa, is an actress and producer. Sugino was born in Hiroshima, Japan to Korean parents (Japanese-born Koreans are known in Japan as "Zainichi Koreans"). She made her debut as an actress in Korea in the 2005 film "One Shining Day".
Kim Ki Duk cast her in a small role in his 2006 film "Time". Sugino later returned to Japan where she made her acting debut with Tetsuo Shinohara's 2008 film "Clearness".
Sugino has gone beyond being only a performer and has become a producer, starting her own company Wa Entertainment and producing her most recent films. Besides Magic and Loss, Sugino has also produced and starred in Tokyo-based Malaysian director Edmund Yeo's short film Exhalation and Koji Fukada's feature Hospitalité, both 2010 films.
As Director
Filmography
Time
as Waitress in Cafe 2006
Time
as Seo Yeong-hwa 2006
Hospitalité
as Natsuki 2011
Au revoir l'été
as Tatsuko 2013
Taksu
as Kumi 2014
Kinki
as Sala Asai 2014
21st Century Girl
as (segment "Anytime, anywhere") 2019
Snow Woman
as Yuki on'na 2016
Short Plays
2014
A Picture With Yuki
as Yuki 2019
Exhalation
as Naoko 2010
Odayaka
as Saeko 2012
Town Without Sea
as Sho's Mother 2020
One Shining Day
as Eiko (segment "The Treasure Island") 2006
Love Mooning
as Ayako Mizuno 2021
Tiger is Strolling Around
as Kitsumi (voice) 2021
Kalayaan
as Mermaid 2 2012