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Sion Sono

Sion Sono

Sion Sono

1961-12-18

Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan

Age: 63

DIRECTING

Biography

Sion Sono (園子温 Sono Shion, born December 18, 1961) is a Japanese filmmaker, author and poet. Best known on the festival circuit for the film Love Exposure (2008), he has been called "the most subversive filmmaker working in Japanese cinema today".

Best known for:

Prisoners of the Ghostland

Suicide Club

Love Exposure

Antiporno

Tag

Cold Fish

Tokyo Gore Police

Why Don't You Play in Hell?

RE:BORN

Guilty of Romance

Strange Circus

The Forest of Love

Himizu

Tokyo Tribe

Noriko's Dinner Table

The Whispering Star

Exte: Hair Extensions

The Virgin Psychics

Crazy Samurai Musashi

The Land of Hope

Love & Peace

Tokyo Vampire Hotel

Shinjuku Swan

Red Post on Escher Street

The Forest of Love: Deep Cut

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Filmography:

A Man's Flower Road (1987)
APPEREAD AS:
The Man in the Red Coat
WORK AS:
Director, Editor, Writer
ENDLESS LOVE (1988)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Bicycle Sighs (1990)
APPEREAD AS:
Shiro
WORK AS:
Writer, Director
The Room (1992)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director, Editor
Vagina & Virgin (1995)
WORK AS:
Director
I Am Keiko (1997)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer, Editor, Art Direction, Producer
Phallus: The Man (1998)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Wind (1998)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer

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Utsushimi (2000)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director, Editor, Camera Operator
Suicide Club (2001)
5.2
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
0cm⁴ (2001)
WORK AS:
Director, Editor, Writer
Father's Day (2003)
WORK AS:
Director
Woman in the Viewfinder (2003)
WORK AS:
Director
No-Pants Girls: Movie Box-ing2 (2004)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
When I Grow Up (2004)
WORK AS:
Director
Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film Collection (2004)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director

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No Memory Woman (2004)
WORK AS:
Director
Virtual Love (2004)
WORK AS:
Director
Love Doctor (2004)
WORK AS:
Director
Strange Circus (2005)
5.9
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer, Director, Author, Writer
Noriko's Dinner Table (2005)
5.6
WORK AS:
Writer, Director
Into a Dream (2005)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Hazard (2005)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
Time Limit Investigator (2006)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Damejin (2006)
APPEREAD AS:
(voice)
Balloon Club Revisited (2006)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director
Exte: Hair Extensions (2007)
4.5
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
Love Exposure (2009)
6.8
WORK AS:
Writer, Director
Be Sure to Share (2009)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Make the Last Wish (2009)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director
Cold Fish (2011)
5.6
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director
Guilty of Romance (2011)
5.6
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Himizu (2011)
5.8
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director
The Land of Hope (2012)
4.8
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
BAD FILM (2012)
APPEREAD AS:
Shiro
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)
6.1
WORK AS:
Writer, Director, Original Music Composer
Tokyo Tribe (2014)
5.2
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
Shinjuku Swan (2015)
WORK AS:
Director
Love & Peace (2015)
5.6
WORK AS:
Writer, Director
Tag (2015)
5.2
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director
The Virgin Psychics (2015)
4
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director
The Whispering Star (2015)
5.9
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City (2015)
APPEREAD AS:
Cameo
WORK AS:
Teleplay, Director
All Esper Dayo! ~The Lust-filled Love Wars~ (2015)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Madly (2016)
WORK AS:
Director, Story, Screenplay
RE:BORN (2016)
5.8
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Tokyo Vampire Hotel (2017)
5
WORK AS:
Director, Writer, Creator
Love Exposure: The TV-Show (2017)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer, Creator
Shinjuku Swan II (2017)
WORK AS:
Director
Antiporno (2017)
5.4
WORK AS:
Producer, Director, Screenplay
ami. exe (2017)
APPEREAD AS:
The Dream Man
Tokyo Vampire Hotel (2017)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
The Bastard and the Beautiful World (2018)
WORK AS:
Director
ami. exe・2nd atom (2018)
APPEREAD AS:
The Dream Man
Dream Breaker (2018)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
Red Blade (2018)
WORK AS:
Writer
The Forest of Love (2019)
5
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director, Editor
The Forest of Love: Deep Cut (2020)
WORK AS:
Director, Editor, Screenplay, Creator
Crazy Samurai Musashi (2020)
4.6
WORK AS:
Writer
Red Post on Escher Street (2020)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer, Editor
State of Emergency (2020)
WORK AS:
Director
The Lonely 19:00 (2020)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer, Editor
Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021)
3.5
WORK AS:
Director
AMI.exe (2021)
WORK AS:
Producer
Possibly, Huh Huh (2022)
WORK AS:
Writer
東京ガガガ
WORK AS:
Director of Operations