Sion Sono

WriterDirectorActorProducerEditor Dec 18 (age 64) Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan 1984–2022 (38 year career)

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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".

Known For

Film

Love Exposure

Director

Film

Why Don't You Play in Hell?

Director

Film

Cold Fish

Director

Film

Antiporno

Director

Film

Suicide Club

Director

Film

RE:BORN

Screenplay

Film

Tag

Director

Film

Strange Circus

Author

Filmography

Acting (38)

Movies (36)

ami. exe・2nd atom

2018

as The Dream Man

ami. exe

as The Dream Man

The Sion Sono

as Self

Making of Antiporno

as self

All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City

2015

as Cameo

5.5

Making of Tokyo Tribe

2015

as Self

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

2013

as Self (segment Sion Sono)

4.9

Making of Land of Hope

2013

as Self

BAD FILM

2012

as Shiro

7.3

Making of Himizu

2012

as Self

Tokyo Gagaga

2012

as self

Making of Love Exposure

2010

as Self

Tokyo Gore Police

2008

6.0

The Making of Noriko’s Dinner Table

2008

as Himself

The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia

Himiko-san

Teruo Ishii Fan Club

Damejin

as Golden Child (voice)

5.0

Strange Days: The Making of Strange Circus

2005

Making of Hazard

2005

as himself

HAZARDOUS: An interview with Sion Sono

2005

as Self

Virtual Love

2004

as Masao

3.0

Jun Natsukawa - Virtual Love Behind-the-Scenes

2004

as himself

Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf

2001

3.4

Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body

2000

as Tetsuya

3.9

Horny Couple: Wants to Sip

1999

2.0

Heaven's Trumpet

1994

Otaku - Children of the Virtual Empire

as Self

I Hate You... Not

Bicycle Sighs

as Shiro

Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm

1988

4.0

A Man's Flower Road

1987

as The Man in the Red Coat

Love

Happiness Avenue

I Am Sono Sion!

as Himself

Love Song

Television (2)

Kinnikuman: The Lost Legend

2021

as Self

Minna! ESPer Dayo!

2013

4.7

Crew (151)

Movies (139)

Possibly, Huh Huh

2022

Writer

Prisoners of the Ghostland

2021

Director

5.0

AMI.exe

2021

Producer

State of Emergency

2020

Director

7.8

Crazy Samurai Musashi

2020

Writer

6.0

Red Post on Escher Street

2020

Director

7.4

Red Post on Escher Street

2020

Editor

7.4

Red Post on Escher Street

2020

Writer

7.4

The Lonely 19:00

2020

Director

The Lonely 19:00

2020

Editor

The Lonely 19:00

2020

Writer

The Forest of Love

Director

The Forest of Love

Editor

The Forest of Love

Screenplay

The Bastard and the Beautiful World

Director

Red Blade

Writer

Dream Breaker

Executive Producer

Antiporno

Director

Antiporno

Producer

Antiporno

Screenplay

Tokyo Vampire Hotel

Director

Tokyo Vampire Hotel

Writer

Shinjuku Swan II

Director

RE:BORN

Screenplay

Madly

Director

Madly

Screenplay

Madly

Story

Tag

Director

Tag

Screenplay

The Virgin Psychics

Director

The Virgin Psychics

Screenplay

Love & Peace

Director

Love & Peace

Writer

The Whispering Star

Director

The Whispering Star

Writer

Shinjuku Swan

Director

All Esper Dayo! ~The Lust-filled Love Wars~

2015

Director

6.0

All Esper Dayo! ~The Lust-filled Love Wars~

2015

Writer

6.0

All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City

2015

Director

5.5

All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City

Teleplay

Tokyo Tribe

Director

Tokyo Tribe

Screenplay

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

2013

Director

4.9

Why Don't You Play in Hell?

2013

Director

7.4

Why Don't You Play in Hell?

2013

Original Music Composer

7.4

Why Don't You Play in Hell?

Writer

Himizu

Director

Himizu

Screenplay

The Land of Hope

Director

The Land of Hope

Writer

BAD FILM

Cinematography

BAD FILM

Director

BAD FILM

Director of Photography

BAD FILM

Editor

BAD FILM

Idea

BAD FILM

Producer

BAD FILM

Screenplay

BAD FILM

Story

BAD FILM

Writer

Tokyo Gagaga

Director

Guilty of Romance

Director

Guilty of Romance

Writer

Cold Fish

Director

Cold Fish

Screenplay

YOU+ME=LOVE

Casting

Karma

2010

Executive Producer

Karma

2010

Script Supervisor

Karma

2010

Writer

Be Sure to Share

Director

Be Sure to Share

Writer

Make the Last Wish

Director

Make the Last Wish

Writer

Love Exposure

Director

Love Exposure

Writer

Exte: Hair Extensions

2007

Director

5.9

Exte: Hair Extensions

2007

Original Music Composer

5.9

Exte: Hair Extensions

2007

Screenplay

5.9

Balloon Club Revisited

2006

Director

6.7

Balloon Club Revisited

Writer

Hazard

Director

Hazard

Screenplay

Strange Circus

Author

Strange Circus

Director

Strange Circus

Original Music Composer

Strange Circus

Writer

Into a Dream

Director

Into a Dream

Writer

Noriko's Dinner Table

2005

Director

6.9

Noriko's Dinner Table

2005

Writer

6.9

No-Pants Girls: Movie Box-ing2

2004

Director

2.0

No-Pants Girls: Movie Box-ing2

2004

Screenplay

2.0

Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film Collection

2004

Director

7.0

Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film Collection

2004

Screenplay

7.0

No Memory Woman

2004

Director

Virtual Love

2004

Director

3.0

Love Doctor

2004

Director

When I Grow Up

Director

Father's Day

Director

Woman in the Viewfinder

Director

Suicide Club

Director

Suicide Club

Writer

0cm⁴

Director

0cm⁴

Editor

0cm⁴

Writer

Utsushimi

Camera Operator

Utsushimi

Director

Utsushimi

Editor

Utsushimi

Writer

Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body

2000

Director

3.9

Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body

Screenplay

Wind

Director

Wind

Writer

Phallus: The Man

Director

Phallus: The Man

Screenplay

I Am Keiko

Art Direction

I Am Keiko

Director

I Am Keiko

Editor

I Am Keiko

Producer

I Am Keiko

Writer

Vagina & Virgin

Director

The Room

Director

The Room

Editor

The Room

Writer

Bicycle Sighs

Director

Bicycle Sighs

Writer

ENDLESS LOVE

Director of Photography

Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm

1988

Director

4.0

Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm

Writer

A Man's Flower Road

Director

A Man's Flower Road

Editor

A Man's Flower Road

Writer

Love

Director

I Am Sono Sion!

Director

I Am Sono Sion!

Editor

I Am Sono Sion!

Producer

I Am Sono Sion!

Screenplay

Love Song

Director

Love Song

Writer

東京ガガガ

Director of Operations

Television (12)

The Forest of Love: Deep Cut

2020

Director

6.7

The Forest of Love: Deep Cut

2020

Editor

6.7

The Forest of Love: Deep Cut

Screenplay

Tokyo Vampire Hotel

Director

Tokyo Vampire Hotel

Writer

Love Exposure: The TV-Show

2017

Director

4.8

Love Exposure: The TV-Show

2017

Writer

4.8

みんな!エスパーだよ! ～欲望だらけのラブ・ウォーズ～

2015

Director

Minna! ESPer Dayo!

Director

Minna! ESPer Dayo!

Writer

Time Limit Investigator

2006

Director

6.7

Time Limit Investigator

2006

Writer

6.7