Kiki Sugino
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.
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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.
Known for
Filmography
- 2026What We Call HappinessFilm
- 2021Love MooningFilm: Ayako Mizuno
- 2021Tiger is Strolling AroundFilm: Kitsumi (voice)
- 2020Town Without SeaFilm: Sho's Mother
- 2020I Want to Be LovedFilm: Tomoyo
- 2019A Picture With YukiFilm: Yuki
- 2019Jeux de plageFilm
- 201921st Century GirlFilm: (segment "Anytime, anywhere")
- 2016Snow WomanFilm: Yuki on'na, Director
- 2015Gunjōiro no, tōrimichiFilm: Yuika Kurata
- 2014Chigasaki StoryFilm: Maki
- 2014KinkiFilm: Sala Asai
- 2014TaksuFilm: Kumi, Director
- 2014Kyoto ElegyFilm: Satomi, Director
- 2014Short PlaysFilm: Director
- 2014Au revoir l'étéFilm: Tatsuko
- 2013The IntermissionFilm
- 2012OdayakaFilm: Saeko
- 2012KalayaanFilm: Mermaid 2
- 2011Two Rabbits in OsakaFilm: Woman
- 2011HospitalitéFilm: Natsuki
- 2010ExhalationFilm: Naoko
- 2010歓待1．1Film
- 2010Magic and LossFilm: Kiki
- 2008CLEARNESSFilm: Sakura
- 2006TimeFilm: Seo Yeong-hwa
- 2006One Shining DayFilm: Eiko (segment "The Treasure Island")
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