# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gisaburo-sugii
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:34:56.335Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gisaburo-sugii"
name: "Gisaburō Sugii"
slug: "gisaburo-sugii"
description: "Gisaburō Sugii  is a Japanese anime director and Nihonga artist. He is best known for his work as director of the Touch series, the movie adaptation of the Arashi no Yoru ni children's book series, and the movie Night on the Galactic Railroad. He is a member of the Directors Guild of Japan and the Japanese Animation Creators Association."
tagline: "Japanese anime director"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1940-08-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.7
  momentum:             0.2365930599369085
  historical:           10.75699066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0837485/"
    handle:    "nm0837485"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%89%E4%BA%95%E5%84%80%E4%B8%89%E9%83%8E"
    title: "杉井儀三郎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%89"
    title: "جيسابورو سوجى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gisabur%C5%8D_Sugii"
    title: "Gisaburō Sugii"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gisabur%C5%8D_Sugii"
    title: "Gisaburō Sugii"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gisabur%C5%8D_Sugii"
    title: "Gisaburō Sugii"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gisabur%C5%8D_Sugii"
    title: "Gisaburō Sugii"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%B3%D9%88%DA%AF%DB%8C%DB%8C%DB%8C"
    title: "گیسابورو سوگییی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gisabur%C5%8D_Sugii"
    title: "Gisaburō Sugii"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gisabur%C5%8D_Sugii"
    title: "Gisaburō Sugii"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%89%E4%BA%95%E3%82%AE%E3%82%B5%E3%83%96%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC"
    title: "杉井ギサブロー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gisabur%C5%8D_Sugii"
    title: "Gisaburō Sugii"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B8%2C_%D0%93%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE"
    title: "Сугии, Гисабуро"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1243380"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump