Person
Sion Sono
Directing · Born 1961-12-18 · 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
Time Limit Investigator
Writer
Virtual Love
Masao
Minna! ESPer Dayo!
2013
The Forest of Love: Deep Cut
Director
Tokyo Vampire Hotel
Director
Love Exposure
Director
RE:BORN
Screenplay
The Virgin Psychics
Director
Love Exposure: The TV-Show
Director
Cold Fish
Director
Filmography
- 2022Possibly, Huh HuhWriter
- 2021Kinnikuman: The Lost LegendSelf
- 2021Prisoners of the GhostlandDirector
- 2021AMI.exeProducer
- 2020Red Post on Escher StreetDirector
- 2020The Lonely 19:00Director
- 2020State of EmergencyDirector
- 2020Crazy Samurai MusashiStory
- 2020The Forest of Love: Deep CutDirector
- 2019The Forest of LoveDirector
- 2018Red BladeWriter
- 2018Dream BreakerExecutive Producer
- 2018ami. exe・2nd atomThe Dream Man
- 2018The Bastard and the Beautiful WorldDirector
- 2017Tokyo Vampire HotelDirector
- 2017Tokyo Vampire HotelDirector
- 2017ami. exeThe Dream Man
- 2017Love Exposure: The TV-ShowDirector
- 2017AntipornoProducer
- 2017Shinjuku Swan IIDirector
- 2016RE:BORNScreenplay
- 2016The Sion SonoSelf
- 2016MadlyDirector
- 2016Making of Antipornoself
- 2015The Whispering StarDirector
- 2015The Virgin PsychicsDirector
- 2015All Esper Dayo! ~The Lust-filled Love Wars~Director
- 2015みんな!エスパーだよ! ～欲望だらけのラブ・ウォーズ～Director
- 2015Love & PeaceDirector
- 2015Making of Tokyo TribeSelf
- 2015Shinjuku SwanDirector
- 2015TagDirector
- 2015All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to CityCameo
- 2014Tokyo TribeDirector
- 2013Why Don't You Play in Hell?Director
- 2013Venice 70: Future ReloadedSelf (segment Sion Sono)
- 2013Making of Land of HopeSelf
- 2013Minna! ESPer Dayo!
- 2012The Land of HopeWriter
- 2012BAD FILMShiro
- 2012Making of HimizuSelf
- 2012Tokyo Gagagaself
- 2012HimizuDirector
- 2011Guilty of RomanceDirector
- 2011YOU+ME=LOVECasting
- 2011Cold FishDirector
- 2010KarmaWriter
- 2010Making of Love ExposureSelf
- 2009Be Sure to ShareDirector
- 2009Make the Last WishWriter
- 2008Love ExposureDirector
- 2008Tokyo Gore Police
- 2008The Making of Noriko’s Dinner TableHimself
- 2007Himiko-san
- 2007The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia
- 2007Exte: Hair ExtensionsDirector
- 2006Balloon Club RevisitedDirector
- 2006Teruo Ishii Fan Club
- 2006DamejinGolden Child (voice)
- 2006Time Limit InvestigatorWriter
- 2005Strange CircusDirector
- 2005HazardDirector
- 2005Noriko's Dinner TableDirector
- 2005Into a DreamDirector
- 2005Strange Days: The Making of Strange Circus
- 2005Making of Hazardhimself
- 2005HAZARDOUS: An interview with Sion SonoSelf
- 2004When I Grow UpDirector
- 2004No-Pants Girls: Movie Box-ing2Director
- 2004Virtual LoveMasao
- 2004Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film CollectionScreenplay
- 2004No Memory WomanDirector
- 2004Love DoctorDirector
- 2004Jun Natsukawa - Virtual Love Behind-the-Sceneshimself
- 2003Woman in the ViewfinderDirector
- 2003Father's DayDirector
- 2001Suicide ClubDirector
- 20010cm⁴Director
- 2001Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf
- 2000UtsushimiDirector
- 2000Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female BodyTetsuya
- 1999Horny Couple: Wants to Sip
- 1998Phallus: The ManDirector
- 1998WindDirector
- 1997I Am KeikoDirector
- 1995Vagina & VirginDirector
- 1994Otaku - Children of the Virtual EmpireSelf
- 1994Heaven's Trumpet
- 1993The RoomDirector
- 1991I Hate You... Not
- 1990Bicycle SighsShiro
- 1989Reflect on That Boys
- 1988Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm
- 1988ENDLESS LOVEDirector of Photography
- 1987A Man's Flower RoadThe Man in the Red Coat
- 1986Love
- 1986Happiness Avenue
- 1985I Am Sono Sion!Himself
- 1984Love Song
- —東京ガガガDirector of Operations
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