{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Person",
  "@id": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/3575483/tetsuya-uesugi",
  "name": "Tetsuya Uesugi",
  "url": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/3575483/tetsuya-uesugi",
  "knownForDepartment": "Directing",
  "description": "Born in Sapporo City, Hokkaido, Japan.\n\nA director mainly works on video works such as commercials and short film.\n\nPrevious major projects include Google, UNIQLO, SONY, Shiseido, etc.\n\nIn 2010, established KUANI, a film studio that means \"I\" in the Ainu language of the indigenous people of Hokkaido.\n\nAs the name suggests, the focus is on very personal matters and video production like documentaries.\n\nIn recent years, in addition to advertising videos, has been working on movies and documentary projects set in Sapporo, the origin.",
  "lastVerified": "15 May 2026",
  "filmography": [
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 897881,
      "title": "Like the Northern Ray",
      "year": "2021",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/igkVLgkTfDIepa6Z47T3g69yfOi.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/897881/like-the-northern-ray-2021"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 983730,
      "title": "Like You",
      "year": "2021",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/mTT6Yn4fKeXW0y58wuirkdoAR1E.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/983730/like-you-2021"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 1340988,
      "title": "Northern Food Story",
      "year": "2024",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/aAL6Cq7u4J1FQF5PPmESghMgVJR.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/1340988/northern-food-story-2024"
    }
  ]
}