Sion Sono
- Born
- December 18, 1961 (64 years old)
- Place of birth
- Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan
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
Filmography
- —東京ガガガFilm · Director of Operations
- 2026Superplastic DeformationFilm · Director, Writer, Original Story, Original Music Composer
- 2026The Homeless BillionaireSeries · Director
- 2022Possibly, Huh HuhFilm · Writer
- 2021Prisoners of the GhostlandFilm · Director★ 5.0
- 2021AMI.exeFilm · Producer
- 2020Red Post on Escher StreetFilm · Director, Writer, Editor★ 7.3
- 2020The Lonely 19:00Film · Director, Writer, Editor
- 2020State of EmergencyFilm · Director
- 2020Crazy Samurai MusashiFilm · Story★ 5.9
- 2020The Forest of Love: Deep CutSeries · Director, Screenplay, Editor, Creator★ 6.6
- 2019The Forest of LoveFilm · Director, Screenplay, Editor★ 6.3
- 2018Red BladeFilm · Writer
- 2018Dream BreakerFilm · Executive Producer
- 2018The Bastard and the Beautiful WorldFilm · Director
- 2017Tokyo Vampire HotelFilm · Writer, Director
- 2017Tokyo Vampire HotelSeries · Director, Writer, Creator★ 6.3
- 2017Love Exposure: The TV-ShowSeries · Director, Writer, Creator
- 2017AntipornoFilm · Producer, Director, Screenplay★ 6.6
- 2017Shinjuku Swan IIFilm · Director
- 2016RE:BORNFilm · Screenplay★ 7.1
- 2016MadlyFilm · Director, Screenplay, Story
- 2015The Whispering StarFilm · Director, Writer★ 7.3
- 2015The Virgin PsychicsFilm · Director, Screenplay★ 5.5
- 2015All Esper Dayo! ~The Lust-filled Love Wars~Film · Director, Writer
- 2015Love & PeaceFilm · Writer, Director★ 6.9
- 2015Shinjuku SwanFilm · Director★ 5.5
- 2015TagFilm · Director, Screenplay★ 6.4
- 2015All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to CityFilm · Director, Teleplay
- 2014Tokyo TribeFilm · Director, Screenplay★ 6.5
- 2013Why Don't You Play in Hell?Film · Director, Writer, Original Music Composer★ 7.3
- 2013Venice 70: Future ReloadedFilm · Director★ 5.0
- 2013Minna! ESPer Dayo!Series · Writer, Director, Creator
- 2012The Land of HopeFilm · Writer, Director★ 6.1
- 2012BAD FILMFilm · Director, Screenplay, Editor, Idea, Story, Writer, Cinematography, Director of Photography, Producer
- 2012Tokyo GagagaFilm · Director
- 2012HimizuFilm · Director, Screenplay★ 7.0
- 2011Guilty of RomanceFilm · Writer, Director★ 6.9
- 2011YOU+ME=LOVEYOU+ME=LOVEFilm · Casting
- 2011Cold FishFilm · Screenplay, Director★ 6.9
- 2010KarmaKarmaFilm · Writer, Executive Producer, Script Supervisor
- 2009Be Sure to ShareFilm · Director, Writer
- 2009Make the Last WishFilm · Writer, Director
- 2008Love ExposureFilm · Writer, Director★ 7.9
- 2007Exte: Hair ExtensionsFilm · Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer★ 5.9
- 2006Balloon Club RevisitedFilm · Director, Writer
- 2006Time Limit InvestigatorSeries · Writer, Director
- 2005Strange CircusFilm · Director, Original Music Composer, Author, Writer★ 7.2
- 2005HazardFilm · Director, Screenplay★ 6.6
- 2005Noriko's Dinner TableFilm · Director, Writer★ 6.9
- 2005Into a DreamFilm · Writer, Director
- 2004When I Grow UpFilm · Director
- 2004No-Pants Girls: Movie Box-ing2Film · Director, Screenplay
- 2004Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film CollectionFilm · Screenplay, Director
- 2004No Memory WomanFilm · Director
- 2004Love DoctorFilm · Director
- 2004Virtual LoveFilm · Director
- 2003Woman in the ViewfinderFilm · Director
- 2003Father's DayFilm · Director
- 2001Suicide ClubFilm · Director, Writer★ 6.5
- 20010cm⁴Film · Director, Writer, Editor
- 2000UtsushimiFilm · Writer, Director, Camera Operator, Editor
- 2000Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female BodyFilm · Director, Screenplay
- 1998Phallus: The ManFilm · Director, Screenplay
- 1998WindFilm · Director, Writer
- 1997I Am KeikoFilm · Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Art Direction★ 5.8
- 1993The RoomFilm · Writer, Director, Editor, Idea, Story, Script, Screenplay
- 1993Vagina & VirginFilm · Director
- 1990Bicycle SighsFilm · Director, Writer
- 1989Reflect on That BoysFilm · Director
- 1988Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys DormFilm · Director, Writer
- 1988ENDLESS LOVEFilm · Director of Photography
- 1987A Man's Flower RoadFilm · Director, Editor, Writer
- 1986LoveFilm · Director
- 1985I Am Sono Sion!Film · Director, Producer, Screenplay, Editor
- 1984Love SongLove SongFilm · Writer, Director