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.

Most Known For

Time

as Waitress in Cafe

Time

as Seo Yeong-hwa

Taksu

as Kumi

21st Century Girl

as (segment "Anytime, anywhere")

Kinki

as Sala Asai

Au revoir l'été

as Tatsuko

The Intermission

Snow Woman

as Yuki on'na

Love Mooning

as Ayako Mizuno

Odayaka

as Saeko

Short Plays

Hospitalité

as Natsuki

Town Without Sea

as Sho's Mother

One Shining Day

as Eiko (segment "The Treasure Island")

CLEARNESS

as Sakura

Gunjōiro no, tōrimichi

as Yuika Kurata

I Want to Be Loved

as Tomoyo

Kyoto Elegy

as Satomi

Magic and Loss

as Kiki

Chigasaki Story

as Maki