She has produced over ten films and acted in such movies as Hospitalité, Chigasaki Story and Snow Woman.

[1] 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.

[2] 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.

[3] Two years later she directed the film Snow Woman, a retelling of the Japanese folklore tale Yuki-onna.