Kiki Sugino (æ ‰é‡Žå¸Œå¦ƒ, Sugino Kiki) 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 YokudÅ which later went on to win awards
at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and the Hong Kong Asian Film
Festival.Sugino was born in Hiroshima in 1984 to a family of Korean
descent. She studied Economics at Keio University 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.
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 YokudÅ which later went on to win awards
at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and the Hong Kong Asian Film
Festival.Sugino was born in Hiroshima in 1984 to a family of Korean
descent. She studied Economics at Keio University 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.
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