2016Nominee
Best Performance
Snow Woman
Kiki Sugino
Actor · Director · Producer
Hiroshima, Japan
March 12, 1984
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2020Winner
Best Performance
Town Without Sea
2014Nominee
Best Performance
Chigasaki Story
Career Highlights
2019Highlight
Best Performance
21st Century Girl
2012Highlight
Best Performance
Odayaka