Directing
Sion Sono
ZH, JA, EN, IT cinema · 94 credits
Born
18 December 1961 (age 64)
Birthplace
Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan
Also known as Shion Sono · 소노 시온 · Takayuki Yamamoto
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
Filmography
東京ガガガ
Director of Operations
Superplastic Deformation
Director, Writer, Original Story, Original Music Composer
AMI.exe
Producer
The Lonely 19:00
Director, Writer, Editor
Red Post on Escher Street
Director, Writer, Editor
State of Emergency
Director
The Forest of Love
Director, Screenplay, Editor
ami. exe・2nd atom
as The Dream Man
Dream Breaker
Executive Producer
Red Blade
Writer
ami. exe
as The Dream Man
Antiporno
Producer, Director, Screenplay
Shinjuku Swan II
Director
Tokyo Vampire Hotel
Writer, Director
The Sion Sono
as Self
Madly
Director, Screenplay, Story
RE:BORN
Screenplay
All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City
as Cameo, Director, Teleplay
Shinjuku Swan
Director
Love & Peace
Writer, Director
Tag
Director, Screenplay
The Virgin Psychics
Director, Screenplay
The Whispering Star
Director, Writer
All Esper Dayo! ~The Lust-filled Love Wars~
Director, Writer
Tokyo Tribe
Director, Screenplay
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
as Self (segment Sion Sono), Director
Why Don't You Play in Hell?
Director, Writer, Original Music Composer
Tokyo Gagaga
as self, Director
BAD FILM
as Shiro, Director, Screenplay, Editor, Idea, Story, Writer, Cinematography, Director of Photography, Producer
Himizu
Director, Screenplay
The Land of Hope
Writer, Director
Cold Fish
Screenplay, Director
Guilty of Romance
Writer, Director
Karma
2010
Karma
Writer, Executive Producer, Script Supervisor
Be Sure to Share
Director, Writer
Make the Last Wish
Writer, Director
Love Exposure
Writer, Director
Exte: Hair Extensions
Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
Damejin
as Golden Child (voice)
Balloon Club Revisited
Director, Writer
Making of Hazard
as himself
Strange Circus
Director, Original Music Composer, Author, Writer
Noriko's Dinner Table
Director, Writer
Into a Dream
Writer, Director
Hazard
Director, Screenplay
Virtual Love
as Masao, Director
Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film Collection
Screenplay, Director
Love Doctor
Director
When I Grow Up
Director
No-Pants Girls: Movie Box-ing2
Director, Screenplay
Father's Day
Director
Suicide Club
Director, Writer
0cm⁴
Director, Writer, Editor
Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body
as Tetsuya, Director, Screenplay
Utsushimi
Writer, Director, Camera Operator, Editor
Phallus: The Man
Director, Screenplay
Wind
Director, Writer
I Am Keiko
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Art Direction
The Room
Writer, Director, Editor, Idea, Story, Script, Screenplay
Vagina & Virgin
Director
Bicycle Sighs
as Shiro, Director, Writer
Reflect on That Boys
Actor, Director
Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm
Actor, Director, Writer
ENDLESS LOVE
Director of Photography
A Man's Flower Road
as The Man in the Red Coat, Director, Editor, Writer
Love
Actor, Director
I Am Sono Sion!
as Himself, Director, Producer, Screenplay, Editor
ラブソング
1984
Love Song
Actor, Writer, Director