- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- December 18, 1961
- Place of Birth
- Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan
Sion Sono
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".
Filmography
moviePossibly, Huh Huh
2022 · Writer
tvKinnikuman: The Lost Legend
2021 · Self
moviePrisoners of the Ghostland
2021 · Director
movieAMI.exe
2021 · Producer
movieRed Post on Escher Street
2020 · Director, Writer, Editor
movieThe Lonely 19:00
2020 · Director, Writer, Editor
movieState of Emergency
2020 · Director
movieCrazy Samurai Musashi
2020 · Story
tvThe Forest of Love: Deep Cut
2020 · Director, Screenplay, Editor, Creator
movieThe Forest of Love
2019 · Screenplay, Director, Editor
movieRed Blade
2018 · Writer
movieDream Breaker
2018 · Executive Producer
movieami. exe・2nd atom
2018 · The Dream Man
movieThe Bastard and the Beautiful World
2018 · Director
movieTokyo Vampire Hotel
2017 · Director, Writer
tvTokyo Vampire Hotel
2017 · Director, Writer, Creator
movieami. exe
2017 · The Dream Man
tvLove Exposure: The TV-Show
2017 · Director, Writer, Creator
movieAntiporno
2017 · Producer, Director, Screenplay
movieShinjuku Swan II
2017 · Director
movieRE:BORN
2016 · Screenplay
movieThe Sion Sono
2016 · Self
movieMadly
2016 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieMaking of Antiporno
2016 · self
movieThe Whispering Star
2015 · Director, Writer
movieThe Virgin Psychics
2015 · Screenplay, Director
movieAll Esper Dayo! ~The Lust-filled Love Wars~
2015 · Director, Writer
tvみんな!エスパーだよ! ～欲望だらけのラブ・ウォーズ～
2015 · Director
movieLove & Peace
2015 · Writer, Director
movieMaking of Tokyo Tribe
2015 · Self
movieShinjuku Swan
2015 · Director
movieTag
2015 · Screenplay, Director
movieAll Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City
2015 · Cameo, Teleplay, Director
movieTokyo Tribe
2014 · Director, Screenplay
movieWhy Don't You Play in Hell?
2013 · Writer, Director, Original Music Composer
movieVenice 70: Future Reloaded
2013 · Self (segment Sion Sono), Director
Making of Land of Hope
movieMaking of Land of Hope
2013 · Self
tvMinna! ESPer Dayo!
2013 · , Writer, Director, Creator
movieThe Land of Hope
2012 · Director, Writer
movieBAD FILM
2012 · Shiro, Director, Screenplay, Editor, Idea, Story, Writer, Cinematography, Director of Photography, Producer
movieMaking of Himizu
2012 · Self
movieTokyo Gagaga
2012 · self, Director
movieHimizu
2012 · Screenplay, Director
movieGuilty of Romance
2011 · Director, Writer
YOU+ME=LOVE
movieYOU+ME=LOVE
2011 · Casting
movieCold Fish
2011 · Screenplay, Director
Karma
movieKarma
2010 · Writer, Executive Producer, Script Supervisor
movieMaking of Love Exposure
2010 · Self
movieBe Sure to Share
2009 · Director, Writer
movieMake the Last Wish
2009 · Writer, Director
movieLove Exposure
2008 · Writer, Director
movieTokyo Gore Police
2008
movieThe Making of Noriko’s Dinner Table
2008 · Himself
movieHimiko-san
2007
movieThe Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia
2007
movieExte: Hair Extensions
2007 · Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
movieBalloon Club Revisited
2006 · Writer, Director
movieTeruo Ishii Fan Club
2006
movieDamejin
2006 · Golden Child (voice)
tvTime Limit Investigator
2006 · Writer, Director
movieStrange Circus
2005 · Original Music Composer, Director, Author, Writer
movieHazard
2005 · Director, Screenplay
movieNoriko's Dinner Table
2005 · Writer, Director
movieInto a Dream
2005 · Director, Writer
movieStrange Days: The Making of Strange Circus
2005
movieMaking of Hazard
2005 · himself
movieHAZARDOUS: An interview with Sion Sono
2005 · Self
movieWhen I Grow Up
2004 · Director
movieNo-Pants Girls: Movie Box-ing2
2004 · Director, Screenplay
movieVirtual Love
2004 · Masao, Director
movieSion Sono Fantasia Short Film Collection
2004 · Screenplay, Director
movieNo Memory Woman
2004 · Director
movieLove Doctor
2004 · Director
movieJun Natsukawa - Virtual Love Behind-the-Scenes
2004 · himself
movieWoman in the Viewfinder
2003 · Director
movieFather's Day
2003 · Director
movieSuicide Club
2001 · Director, Writer
movie0cm⁴
2001 · Director, Editor, Writer
movieBlind Beast vs Killer Dwarf
2001
movieUtsushimi
2000 · Writer, Director, Editor, Camera Operator
movieTeachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body
2000 · Tetsuya, Director, Screenplay
movieHorny Couple: Wants to Sip
1999
moviePhallus: The Man
1998 · Director, Screenplay
movieWind
1998 · Director, Writer
movieI Am Keiko
1997 · Director, Writer, Editor, Art Direction, Producer
movieVagina & Virgin
1995 · Director
movieOtaku - Children of the Virtual Empire
1994 · Self
movieHeaven's Trumpet
1994
movieThe Room
1993 · Writer, Director, Editor
movieI Hate You... Not
1991
movieBicycle Sighs
1990 · Shiro, Writer, Director
movieReflect on That Boys
1989 · , Director
movieDecisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm
1988 · , Director, Writer
movieENDLESS LOVE
1988 · Director of Photography
movieA Man's Flower Road
1987 · The Man in the Red Coat, Director, Editor, Writer
movieLove
1986 · , Director
movieHappiness Avenue
1986
movieI Am Sono Sion!
1985 · Himself, Director, Producer, Editor, Screenplay
Love Song
movieLove Song
1984 · , Writer, Director
movie東京ガガガ
— · Director of Operations