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. 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.
Filmography
Love Mooning
2021
as Ayako Mizuno
Tiger is Strolling Around
2021
as Kitsumi (voice)
Town Without Sea
2020
as Sho's Mother
I Want to Be Loved
2020
as Tomoyo
A Picture With Yuki
2019
as Yuki
Jeux de plage
2019
21st Century Girl
2019
as (segment "Anytime, anywhere")
Snow Woman
2016
as Yuki on'na
Gunjōiro no, tōrimichi
2015
as Yuika Kurata
Chigasaki Story
2014
as Maki
Kinki
2014
as Sala Asai
Taksu
2014
as Kumi
Kyoto Elegy
2014
as Satomi
Short Plays
2014
Au revoir l'été
2014
as Tatsuko
The Intermission
2013
Odayaka
2012
as Saeko
Kalayaan
2012
as Mermaid 2
Two Rabbits in Osaka
2011
as Woman
Hospitalité
2011
as Natsuki
Exhalation
2010
as Naoko
Magic and Loss
2010
as Kiki
CLEARNESS
2008
as Sakura
Time
2006
as Seo Yeong-hwa