Sion Sono

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Born on December 18, 1961 (63 years old)

From Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan

Known for 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".

Cast Credits

Crew Credits

2021
- AMI.exe
  as
  Producer
  2021
- Prisoners of the Ghostland
  as
  Director
  2021
2020
- The Lonely 19:00
  as
  Director
  2020
- The Lonely 19:00
  as
  Writer
  2020
- The Lonely 19:00
  as
  Editor
  2020
- Crazy Samurai Musashi
  as
  Writer
  2020
- Red Post on Escher Street
  as
  Director
  2020
- Red Post on Escher Street
  as
  Writer
  2020
- Red Post on Escher Street
  as
  Editor
  2020
- State of Emergency
  as
  Director
  2020
- The Forest of Love: Deep Cut
  as
  Director
  2020
- The Forest of Love: Deep Cut
  as
  Editor
  2020
- The Forest of Love: Deep Cut
  as
  Screenplay
  2020
- The Forest of Love: Deep Cut
  as
  Creator
  2020
2018
- Dream Breaker
  as
  Executive Producer
  2018
- The Bastard and the Beautiful World
  as
  Director
  2018
- Red Blade
  as
  Writer
  2018
2017
- Antiporno
  as
  Producer
  2017
- Antiporno
  as
  Director
  2017
- Antiporno
  as
  Screenplay
  2017
- Shinjuku Swan II
  as
  Director
  2017
- Tokyo Vampire Hotel
  as
  Director
  2017
- Tokyo Vampire Hotel
  as
  Writer
  2017
- Tokyo Vampire Hotel
  as
  Director
  2017
- Tokyo Vampire Hotel
  as
  Writer
  2017
- Love Exposure: The TV-Show
  as
  Director
  2017
- Love Exposure: The TV-Show
  as
  Writer
  2017
- Tokyo Vampire Hotel
  as
  Creator
  2017
- Love Exposure: The TV-Show
  as
  Creator
  2017
2016
- Madly
  as
  Director
  2016
- Madly
  as
  Screenplay
  2016
- Madly
  as
  Story
  2016
- RE:BORN
  as
  Screenplay
  2016
2015
- Shinjuku Swan
  as
  Director
  2015
- Love & Peace
  as
  Director
  2015
- Love & Peace
  as
  Writer
  2015
- Tag
  as
  Director
  2015
- Tag
  as
  Screenplay
  2015
- The Virgin Psychics
  as
  Director
  2015
- The Virgin Psychics
  as
  Screenplay
  2015
- The Whispering Star
  as
  Director
  2015
- The Whispering Star
  as
  Writer
  2015
- All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City
  as
  Director
  2015
- All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City
  as
  Teleplay
  2015
- All Esper Dayo! ~The Lust-filled Love Wars~
  as
  Director
  2015
- All Esper Dayo! ~The Lust-filled Love Wars~
  as
  Writer
  2015
2014
- Tokyo Tribe
  as
  Director
  2014
- Tokyo Tribe
  as
  Screenplay
  2014
2013
- Why Don't You Play in Hell?
  as
  Director
  2013
- Why Don't You Play in Hell?
  as
  Writer
  2013
- Venice 70: Future Reloaded
  as
  Director
  2013
- Why Don't You Play in Hell?
  as
  Original Music Composer
  2013
- Minna! ESPer Dayo!
  as
  Director
  2013
- Minna! ESPer Dayo!
  as
  Writer
  2013
- Minna! ESPer Dayo!
  as
  Creator
  2013
2012
- The Land of Hope
  as
  Writer
  2012
- The Land of Hope
  as
  Director
  2012
- BAD FILM
  as
  Director
  2012
- BAD FILM
  as
  Screenplay
  2012
- Tokyo Gagaga
  as
  Director
  2012
2011
- Cold Fish
  as
  Director
  2011
- Cold Fish
  as
  Screenplay
  2011
- Guilty of Romance
  as
  Director
  2011
- Guilty of Romance
  as
  Writer
  2011
- Himizu
  as
  Director
  2011
- Himizu
  as
  Screenplay
  2011
- no image
  YOU+ME=LOVE
  as
  Casting
  2011
2010
- no image
  Karma
  as
  Writer
  2010
- no image
  Karma
  as
  Executive Producer
  2010
- no image
  Karma
  as
  Script Supervisor
  2010
2009
- Love Exposure
  as
  Director
  2009
- Love Exposure
  as
  Writer
  2009
- Be Sure to Share
  as
  Director
  2009
- Be Sure to Share
  as
  Writer
  2009
- Make the Last Wish
  as
  Writer
  2009
- Make the Last Wish
  as
  Director
  2009
2007
- Exte: Hair Extensions
  as
  Director
  2007
- Exte: Hair Extensions
  as
  Screenplay
  2007
- Exte: Hair Extensions
  as
  Original Music Composer
  2007
2006
- Balloon Club Revisited
  as
  Director
  2006
- Balloon Club Revisited
  as
  Writer
  2006
- Time Limit Investigator
  as
  Director
  2006
- Time Limit Investigator
  as
  Writer
  2006
2005
- Strange Circus
  as
  Director
  2005
- Strange Circus
  as
  Author
  2005
- Strange Circus
  as
  Original Music Composer
  2005
- Noriko's Dinner Table
  as
  Director
  2005
- Noriko's Dinner Table
  as
  Writer
  2005
- Into a Dream
  as
  Director
  2005
- Into a Dream
  as
  Writer
  2005
- Hazard
  as
  Director
  2005
- Strange Circus
  as
  Writer
  2005
- Hazard
  as
  Screenplay
  2005
2004
- Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film Collection
  as
  Screenplay
  2004
- No Memory Woman
  as
  Director
  2004
- Virtual Love
  as
  Director
  2004
- Love Doctor
  as
  Director
  2004
- Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film Collection
  as
  Director
  2004
- When I Grow Up
  as
  Director
  2004
- No-Pants Girls: Movie Box-ing2
  as
  Director
  2004
- No-Pants Girls: Movie Box-ing2
  as
  Screenplay
  2004
2003
- Woman in the Viewfinder
  as
  Director
  2003
- Father's Day
  as
  Director
  2003
2001
- Suicide Club
  as
  Director
  2001
- Suicide Club
  as
  Writer
  2001
- 0cm⁴
  as
  Director
  2001
- 0cm⁴
  as
  Writer
  2001
- 0cm⁴
  as
  Editor
  2001
2000
- Utsushimi
  as
  Director
  2000
- Utsushimi
  as
  Writer
  2000
- Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body
  as
  Director
  2000
- Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body
  as
  Writer
  2000
- Utsushimi
  as
  Camera Operator
  2000
- Utsushimi
  as
  Editor
  2000
1998
- Phallus: The Man
  as
  Director
  1998
- Phallus: The Man
  as
  Writer
  1998
- Wind
  as
  Director
  1998
- Wind
  as
  Writer
  1998
1997
- I Am Keiko
  as
  Director
  1997
- I Am Keiko
  as
  Writer
  1997
- I Am Keiko
  as
  Producer
  1997
- I Am Keiko
  as
  Art Direction
  1997
- I Am Keiko
  as
  Editor
  1997
1992
- The Room
  as
  Director
  1992
- The Room
  as
  Writer
  1992
- The Room
  as
  Editor
  1992
1990
- Bicycle Sighs
  as
  Director
  1990
- Bicycle Sighs
  as
  Writer
  1990
1989
- Reflect On That Boys
  as
  Director
  1989
1988
- ENDLESS LOVE
  as
  Director of Photography
  1988
- Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm
  as
  Director
  1988
- Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm
  as
  Writer
  1988
1987
- A Man's Flower Road
  as
  Director
  1987
- A Man's Flower Road
  as
  Editor
  1987
- A Man's Flower Road
  as
  Writer
  1987
1985
- I Am Sono Sion!
  as
  Director
  1985
- I Am Sono Sion!
  as
  Screenplay
  1985
- I Am Sono Sion!
  as
  Producer
  1985
- I Am Sono Sion!
  as
  Editor
  1985
1984
- no image
  Love Song
  as
  Writer
  1984
- no image
  Love Song
  as
  Director
  1984
2022
- Possibly, Huh Huh
  as
  Writer
  2022
2019
- The Forest of Love
  as
  Director
  2019
- The Forest of Love
  as
  Screenplay
  2019
- The Forest of Love
  as
  Editor
  2019
1995
- Vagina & Virgin
  as
  Director
  1995
1986
- Love
  as
  Director
  1986