Sion Sono
Directing·December 18, 1961 — 64 years old· Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan
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
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—東京ガガガDirector of Operations2022Possibly, Huh HuhWriter2021Kinnikuman: The Lost LegendTVSelf2021Prisoners of the GhostlandDirector2021AMI.exeProducer2020Red Post on Escher StreetDirector · Writer · Editor2020The Lonely 19:00Director · Writer · Editor2020State of EmergencyDirector2020Crazy Samurai MusashiStory2020The Forest of Love: Deep CutTVDirector · Editor · Screenplay · Creator2019The Forest of LoveScreenplay · Director · Editor2018Red BladeWriter2018Dream BreakerExecutive Producer2018ami. exe・2nd atomThe Dream Man2018The Bastard and the Beautiful WorldDirector2017Tokyo Vampire HotelDirector · Writer2017Tokyo Vampire HotelTVDirector · Writer · Creator2017ami. exeThe Dream Man2017Love Exposure: The TV-ShowTVDirector · Writer · Creator2017AntipornoProducer · Director · Screenplay2017Shinjuku Swan IIDirector2016RE:BORNScreenplay2016The Sion SonoSelf2016MadlyDirector · Story · Screenplay2016Making of Antipornoself2015The Whispering StarDirector · Writer2015The Virgin PsychicsScreenplay · Director2015All Esper Dayo! ~The Lust-filled Love Wars~Director · Writer2015みんな!エスパーだよ! ～欲望だらけのラブ・ウォーズ～TVDirector2015Love & PeaceWriter · Director2015Making of Tokyo TribeSelf2015Shinjuku SwanDirector2015TagScreenplay · Director2015All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to CityCameo · Teleplay · Director2014Tokyo TribeDirector · Screenplay2013Why Don't You Play in Hell?Writer · Director · Original Music Composer2013Venice 70: Future ReloadedSelf (segment Sion Sono) · Director2013Making of Land of HopeSelf2013Minna! ESPer Dayo!TVDirector · Writer · Creator2012The Land of HopeDirector · Writer2012BAD FILMShiro · Director · Screenplay · Editor · Idea · Story · Writer · Cinematography · Director of Photography · Producer2012Making of HimizuSelf2012Tokyo Gagagaself · Director2012HimizuScreenplay · Director2011Guilty of RomanceDirector · Writer2011YOU+ME=LOVECasting2011Cold FishScreenplay · Director2010KarmaWriter · Executive Producer · Script Supervisor2010Making of Love ExposureSelf2009Be Sure to ShareDirector · Writer2009Make the Last WishWriter · Director2008Love ExposureWriter · Director2008Tokyo Gore Police2008The Making of Noriko’s Dinner TableHimself2007Himiko-san2007The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia2007Exte: Hair ExtensionsDirector · Screenplay · Original Music Composer2006Balloon Club RevisitedWriter · Director2006Teruo Ishii Fan Club2006DamejinGolden Child (voice)2006Time Limit InvestigatorTVDirector · Writer2005Strange CircusOriginal Music Composer · Director · Author · Writer2005HazardDirector · Screenplay2005Noriko's Dinner TableWriter · Director2005Into a DreamDirector · Writer2005Strange Days: The Making of Strange Circus2005Making of Hazardhimself2005HAZARDOUS: An interview with Sion SonoSelf2004When I Grow UpDirector2004No-Pants Girls: Movie Box-ing2Director · Screenplay2004Virtual LoveMasao · Director2004Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film CollectionScreenplay · Director2004No Memory WomanDirector2004Love DoctorDirector2004Jun Natsukawa - Virtual Love Behind-the-Sceneshimself2003Woman in the ViewfinderDirector2003Father's DayDirector2001Suicide ClubDirector · Writer20010cm⁴Director · Editor · Writer2001Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf2000UtsushimiWriter · Director · Editor · Camera Operator2000Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female BodyTetsuya · Director · Screenplay1999Horny Couple: Wants to Sip1998Phallus: The ManDirector · Screenplay1998WindDirector · Writer1997I Am KeikoDirector · Writer · Editor · Art Direction · Producer1995Vagina & VirginDirector1994Otaku - Children of the Virtual EmpireSelf1994Heaven's Trumpet1993The RoomWriter · Director · Editor1991I Hate You... Not1990Bicycle SighsShiro · Writer · Director1989Reflect on That BoysDirector1988Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys DormDirector · Writer1988ENDLESS LOVEDirector of Photography1987A Man's Flower RoadThe Man in the Red Coat · Director · Editor · Writer1986LoveDirector1986Happiness Avenue1985I Am Sono Sion!Himself · Director · Producer · Editor · Screenplay1984Love SongWriter · Director