Sion Sono
79 movies · 6 TV shows
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Dec 18, 1961 (age 64)
- Place of birth
- Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan
- Also known as
- Shion Sono · 소노 시온 · Takayuki Yamamoto
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".
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Sion Sono: movies and TV shows
Acting (23)
- 2018 ami. exe・2nd atom
as The Dream Man
- 2017 ami. exe
as The Dream Man
- 2015
- 2013
- 2012 BAD FILM
as Shiro
- 2008
- 2007
- 2007
- 2006
- 2006 Damejin
as Golden Child (voice)
- 2005
- 2004 Virtual Love
as Masao
- 2001
- 2000
- 1999
- 1994
- 1991
- 1990 Bicycle Sighs
as Shiro
- 1988
- 1987 A Man's Flower Road
as The Man in the Red Coat
- 1986
- 1986
- 1984
Behind the camera (75)
- Upcoming Superplastic Deformation
Director, Writer, Original Story, Original Music Composer
- Upcoming 東京ガガガ
Director of Operations
- 2026
- 2022 Possibly, Huh Huh
Writer
- 2021 Prisoners of the Ghostland
Director
- 2021 AMI.exe
Producer
- 2020 Red Post on Escher Street
Director, Writer, Editor
- 2020 The Lonely 19:00
Director, Writer, Editor
- 2020 State of Emergency
Director
- 2020 Crazy Samurai Musashi
Story
- 2020
- 2019 The Forest of Love
Screenplay, Director, Editor
- 2018 Red Blade
Writer
- 2018 Dream Breaker
Executive Producer
- 2018 The Bastard and the Beautiful World
Director
- 2017 Tokyo Vampire Hotel
Director, Writer
- 2017
- 2017
- 2017 Antiporno
Producer, Director, Screenplay
- 2017 Shinjuku Swan II
Director
- 2016 RE:BORN
Screenplay
- 2016 Madly
Director, Story, Screenplay
- 2015 The Whispering Star
Director, Writer
- 2015 The Virgin Psychics
Screenplay, Director
- 2015 All Esper Dayo! ~The Lust-filled Love Wars~
Director, Writer
- 2015 Love & Peace
Writer, Director
- 2015 Shinjuku Swan
Director
- 2015 Tag
Screenplay, Director
- 2015 All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City
Teleplay, Director
- 2014 Tokyo Tribe
Director, Screenplay
- 2013 Why Don't You Play in Hell?
Writer, Director, Original Music Composer
- 2013 Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Director
- 2013
- 2012 The Land of Hope
Director, Writer
- 2012 BAD FILM
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Idea, Story, Writer, Cinematography, Director of Photography, Producer
- 2012 Tokyo Gagaga
Director
- 2012 Himizu
Screenplay, Director
- 2011 Guilty of Romance
Director, Writer
- 2011 YOU+ME=LOVE
Casting
- 2011 Cold Fish
Screenplay, Director
- 2010 Karma
Writer, Executive Producer, Script Supervisor
- 2009 Be Sure to Share
Director, Writer
- 2009 Make the Last Wish
Writer, Director
- 2008 Love Exposure
Writer, Director
- 2007 Exte: Hair Extensions
Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
- 2006 Balloon Club Revisited
Writer, Director
- 2006
- 2005 Strange Circus
Original Music Composer, Director, Author, Writer
- 2005 Hazard
Director, Screenplay
- 2005 Noriko's Dinner Table
Writer, Director
- 2005 Into a Dream
Director, Writer
- 2004 When I Grow Up
Director
- 2004 No-Pants Girls: Movie Box-ing2
Director, Screenplay
- 2004 Virtual Love
Director
- 2004 Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film Collection
Screenplay, Director
- 2004 No Memory Woman
Director
- 2004 Love Doctor
Director
- 2003 Woman in the Viewfinder
Director
- 2003 Father's Day
Director
- 2001 Suicide Club
Director, Writer
- 2001 0cm⁴
Director, Editor, Writer
- 2000 Utsushimi
Writer, Director, Editor, Camera Operator
- 2000 Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body
Director, Screenplay
- 1998 Phallus: The Man
Director, Screenplay
- 1998 Wind
Director, Writer
- 1997 I Am Keiko
Director, Writer, Editor, Art Direction, Producer
- 1993 The Room
Writer, Director, Editor, Idea, Story, Script, Screenplay
- 1993 Vagina & Virgin
Director
- 1990 Bicycle Sighs
Writer, Director
- 1988 Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm
Director, Writer
- 1988 ENDLESS LOVE
Director of Photography
- 1987 A Man's Flower Road
Director, Editor, Writer
- 1986 Love
Director
- 1985 I Am Sono Sion!
Director, Producer, Editor, Screenplay
- 1984 Love Song
Writer, Director
Talk shows and appearances (12)
- 2021 Kinnikuman: The Lost Legend
10 episodes
- 2016
- 2016
- 2015
- 2013
- 2012
- 2010
- 2008
- 2005
- 2005
- 2004
- 1994