Education and Qualifications: 1983 Bachelor of Social Science / Waseda University, School of Education, Department of Social Studies Employment/Experience: Sugino began his career in
film production after being accepted by the late Akira Kurosawa through public recruiting for Kurosawa’s
Assistant Director during the production of “RAN”. Sugino continued to serve his master Kurosawa in “Dreams”,
“Rhapsody in August” and “Madadayo”. He then served as Chief Assistant Director for directors Kaisou Hayashi, Shun Nakahara, etc. Since mid ‘90s, Sugino’s work became more focused on casting and established himself as pioneer specialist in casting.