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Sion Sono

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Sion Sono

Born December 18, 1961 in Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan60 films

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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Love Exposure posterFirst watchLove Exposure20087.9The story of a teenage boy called Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while operating for the sake of sin as an upskirt photographer in an offshoot of the porn industry.View film

Essential films

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Why Don't You Play in Hell? poster7.3Why Don't You Play in Hell?2013Cold Fish poster6.9Cold Fish2011Suicide Club poster6.5Suicide Club2001Antiporno poster6.6Antiporno2017Tag poster6.4Tag2015Strange Circus poster7.2Strange Circus2005Guilty of Romance poster6.9Guilty of Romance2011Himizu poster7.0Himizu2012

Filmography

60 films as director
  1. 2026Superplastic DeformationDirector
  2. 2021Prisoners of the GhostlandDirector
  3. 2020Red Post on Escher StreetDirector
  4. 2020The Lonely 19:00Director
  5. 2020State of EmergencyDirector
  6. 2019The Forest of LoveDirector
  7. 2018The Bastard and the Beautiful WorldDirector
  8. 2017Tokyo Vampire HotelDirector
  9. 2017AntipornoDirector
  10. 2017Shinjuku Swan IIDirector
  11. 2016MadlyDirector
  12. 2015The Whispering StarDirector
  13. 2015The Virgin PsychicsDirector
  14. 2015All Esper Dayo! ~The Lust-filled Love Wars~Director
  15. 2015Love & PeaceDirector
  16. 2015Shinjuku SwanDirector
  17. 2015TagDirector
  18. 2015All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to CityDirector
  19. 2014Tokyo TribeDirector
  20. 2013Why Don't You Play in Hell?Director
  21. 2013Venice 70: Future ReloadedDirector
  22. 2012The Land of HopeDirector
  23. 2012BAD FILMDirector
  24. 2012Tokyo GagagaDirector
  25. 2012HimizuDirector
  26. 2011Guilty of RomanceDirector
  27. 2011Cold FishDirector
  28. 2009Be Sure to ShareDirector
  29. 2009Make the Last WishDirector
  30. 2008Love ExposureDirector
  31. 2007Exte: Hair ExtensionsDirector
  32. 2006Balloon Club RevisitedDirector
  33. 2005Strange CircusDirector
  34. 2005HazardDirector
  35. 2005Noriko's Dinner TableDirector
  36. 2005Into a DreamDirector
  37. 2004When I Grow UpDirector
  38. 2004No-Pants Girls: Movie Box-ing2Director
  39. 2004No Memory WomanDirector
  40. 2004Love DoctorDirector
  41. 2004Virtual LoveDirector
  42. 2004Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film CollectionDirector
  43. 2003Woman in the ViewfinderDirector
  44. 2003Father's DayDirector
  45. 2001Suicide ClubDirector
  46. 20010cm⁴Director
  47. 2000UtsushimiDirector
  48. 2000Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female BodyDirector
  49. 1998Phallus: The ManDirector
  50. 1998WindDirector
  51. 1997I Am KeikoDirector
  52. 1995Vagina & VirginDirector
  53. 1993The RoomDirector
  54. 1990Bicycle SighsDirector
  55. 1989Reflect on That BoysDirector
  56. 1988Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys DormDirector
  57. 1987A Man's Flower RoadDirector
  58. 1986LoveDirector
  59. 1985I Am Sono Sion!Director
  60. 1984Love SongDirector