is a Japanese actress, writer, producer and film director. She has produced over ten films and acted in such movies as ''
Hospitalité'', ''
Chigasaki Story'' and ''
Snow Woman''. In 2014 she directed the film ''
Yokudō'' which later went on to win awards at the
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and the
Hong Kong Asian Film Festival.
Biography
Sugino was born in
Hiroshima
is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui h ...
in 1984 to a family of
Korean descent. She studied
Economics at
Keio University
, mottoeng = The pen is mightier than the sword
, type = Private research coeducational higher education institution
, established = 1858
, founder = Yukichi Fukuzawa
, endowmen ...
and traveled to
South Korea as an exchange student where she appeared in her first film ''One Shining Day''.
In 2010 Sugino worked with Japanese director
Koji Fukada to produce and act in the comedy film ''
Hospitalité'' which won an award at the
Tokyo International Film Festival and was screened at nearly 100 film festivals internationally.
Sugino made her directorial debut in 2014 with the comedy film ''
Kyoto Elegy'' which was shot in just eleven days and premiered at the
Tokyo International Film Festival to positive reviews. Two years later she directed the film ''
Snow Woman'', a retelling of the Japanese folklore tale
Yuki-onna.
Filmography
As director
As actress
References
External links
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Living people
Japanese women film directors
Japanese women screenwriters
1984 births
Japanese film actresses
Actors from Hiroshima
Japanese actresses of Korean descent