Sion Sono

Born: 1961-12-18

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".


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Tokyo Gore Police

as uncredited
Released: 2008-10-04

In future Tokyo, a young woman in the privatized police force tracks down her father's killer...

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Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body

as uncredited
Released: 2000-02-07

About a pottery workshop run by Ms. Namie. Her students want to become as skilled as her, and...

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Venice 70: Future Reloaded

as uncredited
Released: 2013-08-28

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film...

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The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia

as uncredited
Released: 2007-06-23

A freelance writer is given a bizarre assignment by the sexy editor of "Black Book Monthly":...

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Horny Couple: Wants to Sip

as uncredited
Released: 1999-01-16

Hitomi ran down to a local city with her affair partner Suzuki. Daisuke, a regular customer of...

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The Sion Sono

as Self
Released: 2016-05-14

Directed by Arata Oshima, son of rebel filmmaker Nagisa Oshima, who had praised Sono's early...

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Making of Love Exposure

as Self
Released: 2010-01-25

Making of documentary for Sion Sono's magnum opus "Love Exposure".

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Blind Beast vs Dwarf Killer

as uncredited
Released: 2001-06-24

A blind masseur kidnaps young women and kills them and then make sculptures of them, while a...

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BAD FILM

as Shiro
Released: 2012-09-17

Near the end of the 20th century on Tokyo's Chuo train line, just before Hong Kong's return to...

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ami. exe

as The Dream Man
Released: 2017-02-23

Wanderings of the young Ami in the streets of Kabukicho, Tokyo.

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Damejin

as (voice)
Released: 2006-07-01

An off-beat comedy about 3 'damejin' (useless persons), who don't work and spend their lives...

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I Am Sono Sion!

as Himself
Released: 1985-01-01

Sono's first film, 30 minutes long and shot on 8mm. A free-wheeling intimate cinematic journal...

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A Man's Flower Road

as The man in the red coat
Released: 1987-06-03

Shot in Super8 and divided in two parts, the film shows some moments from the life of a young...

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Teruo Ishii Fan Club

as uncredited
Released: 2006-08-12

A documentary on Teruo Ishii, the Japanese "King of Cult".

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Bicycle Sighs

as Shiro
Released: 1990-05-12

Shiro and Keita didn’t manage to enter university and are stuck in their hometown delivering...

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Love

as uncredited
Released: 1986-01-01

A young man dressed as a samurai walks along a road lined with flowering cherry trees. Then, no...

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Otaku

as Himself
Released: 1994-12-01

A documentary that explores the life styles of various otakus in Japan. Various interviews are...

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Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm

as uncredited
Released: 1988-11-30

A world-class marathon becomes the catalyst of clashes between the guests of a women’s and a...

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The Making of Noriko’s Dinner Table

as Himself
Released: 2008-05-27

A behind-the-scenes look at Sion Sono’s 2005 film Noriko’s Dinner Table.

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I Hate You... Not

as uncredited
Released: 1991-03-02

Draws an ambiguous youth pattern of young men and women living in a corner of the city. The...

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Tokyo Gagaga

as self
Released: 2012-03-03

Interview with the director that includes scenes from gang war in tokyo.

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ami. exe・2nd atom

as The Dream Man
Released: 2018-04-21

The Dream Man invited Ami to his party.

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Making of Hazard

as himself
Released: 2005-03-03

The Making of Hazard

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Strange Days: The Making of Strange Circus

as uncredited
Released: 2005-06-09

The Making of Strange Circus

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Making of Antiporno

as self
Released: 2016-03-02

The Making of Antiporno

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Making of Himizu

as Self
Released: 2012-08-06

A documentary showcasing the making of Sion Sono's Himizu

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HAZARDOUS: An interview with Sion Sono

as Self
Released: 2005-03-03

An interview with Sion Sono on his movie Hazard

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Jun Natsukawa - Virtual Love Behind-the-Scenes

as himself
Released: 2004-03-03

Behind-the-scenes featuring gravure idol Jun Natsukawa in Sion Sono's Virtual Love.

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Heaven's Trumpet

as uncredited
Released: 1994-01-01

8mm film by Sho Fujiwara. A black-and-white cinemasco movie starring Sion Sono. It's a work that...

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Happiness Avenue

as uncredited
Released: 1986-01-01

When Otomo Katsuhiro saw his manga Good Weather credited as the “original novel” he burst out...

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Reflect On That Boys

as uncredited
Released: 1989-03-01

The only AV work directed by Sion Sono. Komachi and Reimi start getting wet in search for a man.

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Minna! ESPer Dayo!

as uncredited
First aired: 2013-04-12

In Notsu, Oita Prefecture, there are many people with supernatural powers. High school student...

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Kinnikuman The Lost Legend

as Himself
First aired: 2021-10-08

In November, 2019, the planning and production of the live action version of the national hero...

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