Sion Sono

Sion Sono

Birthday: 1961-12-18
Place of birth: Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan
Also know as: Shion Sono

Bio

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".

Movies with Sion Sono

Tokyo Gore Police

2008
As
Heaven's Trumpet

1994
As
The Making of Noriko’s Dinner Table

2008
As Himself
Strange Days: The Making of Strange Circus

2005
As
Making of Himizu

2012
As Self
Jun Natsukawa - Virtual Love Behind-the-Scenes

2004
As himself
Making of Hazard

2005
As himself
Tokyo Gagaga

2012
As self
HAZARDOUS: An interview with Sion Sono

2005
As Self
Making of Antiporno

2016
As self
Love Song

1984
As
The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia

2007
As
Bicycle Sighs

1990
As Shiro
Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body

2000
As Tetsuya
Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm

1988
As
BAD FILM

2012
As Shiro
The Sion Sono

2016
As Self
Love

1986
As
ami. exe

2017
As The Dream Man
A Man's Flower Road

1987
As The Man in the Red Coat
Happiness Avenue

1986
As
ami. exe・2nd atom

2018
As The Dream Man
Making of Love Exposure

2010
As Self
I Am Sono Sion!

1985
As Himself
Otaku - Children of the Virtual Empire

1994
As Self
Teruo Ishii Fan Club

2006
As
Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf

2001
As
Horny Couple: Wants to Sip

1999
As
I Hate You... Not

1991
As
Damejin

2006
As (voice)
Reflect On That Boys

1989
As
Making of Land of Hope

2013
As Self
Making of Tokyo Tribe

2015
As Self
Venice 70: Future Reloaded

2013
As
Himiko-san

2007
As
All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City

2015
As Cameo
Virtual Love

2004
As Masao

TV Shows with Sion Sono

Kinnikuman: The Lost Legend

2021
As Himself
Minna! ESPer Dayo!

2013
As

Production Credits

Strange Circus

2005
As Director
Strange Circus

2005
As Original Music Composer
Strange Circus

2005
As Author
ENDLESS LOVE

1988
As Director of Photography
Exte: Hair Extensions

2007
As Director
Suicide Club

2001
As Director
Suicide Club

2001
As Writer
Love Exposure

2009
As Writer
Love Exposure

2009
As Director
Noriko's Dinner Table

2005
As Director
Noriko's Dinner Table

2005
As Writer
Into a Dream

2005
As Writer
Into a Dream

2005
As Director
Exte: Hair Extensions

2007
As Screenplay
Cold Fish

2011
As Screenplay
Cold Fish

2011
As Director
Guilty of Romance

2011
As Writer
Guilty of Romance

2011
As Director
Hazard

2005
As Director
Be Sure to Share

2009
As Director
Be Sure to Share

2009
As Writer
Antiporno

2017
As Producer
Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film Collection

2004
As Screenplay
Bicycle Sighs

1990
As Director
Bicycle Sighs

1990
As Writer
Himizu

2011
As Director
Himizu

2011
As Screenplay
The Room

1992
As Writer
The Room

1992
As Director
Utsushimi

2000
As Writer
Utsushimi

2000
As Director
I Am Sono Sion!

1985
As Director
The Land of Hope

2012
As Writer
The Land of Hope

2012
As Director
No Memory Woman

2004
As Director
Love Doctor

2004
As Director
Virtual Love

2004
As Director
The Lonely 19:00

2020
As Director
Woman in the Viewfinder

2003
As Director
Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film Collection

2004
As Director
Why Don't You Play in Hell?

2013
As Director
Why Don't You Play in Hell?

2013
As Writer
I Am Keiko

1997
As Director
I Am Keiko

1997
As Writer
YOU+ME=LOVE

2011
As Casting
Karma

2010
As Writer
Karma

2010
As Executive Producer
Karma

2010
As Script Supervisor
BAD FILM

2012
As Director
Reflect On That Boys

1989
As Director
Dream Breaker

2018
As Executive Producer
AMI.exe

2021
As Producer
The Room

1992
As Editor
Tokyo Tribe

2014
As Director
When I Grow Up

2004
As Director
Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body

2000
As Director
Love Song

1984
As Writer
Shinjuku Swan

2015
As Director
The Lonely 19:00

2020
As Writer
The Lonely 19:00

2020
As Editor
Venice 70: Future Reloaded

2013
As Director
Balloon Club Revisited

2006
As Director
Balloon Club Revisited

2006
As Writer
Love Song

1984
As Director
0cm⁴

2001
As Director
Love & Peace

2015
As Writer
Love & Peace

2015
As Director
Tag

2015
As Director
Tag

2015
As Screenplay
Phallus: The Man

1998
As Director
Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm

1988
As Director
A Man's Flower Road

1987
As Director
Father's Day

2003
As Director
The Virgin Psychics

2015
As Director
The Virgin Psychics

2015
As Screenplay
東京ガガガ

0000
As Director of Operations
The Whispering Star

2015
As Director
The Whispering Star

2015
As Writer
BAD FILM

2012
As Screenplay
Madly

2016
As Director
Love

1986
As Director
Tokyo Tribe

2014
As Screenplay
Wind

1998
As Director
Antiporno

2017
As Director
Vagina & Virgin

1995
As Director
Exte: Hair Extensions

2007
As Original Music Composer
All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City

2015
As Director
All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City

2015
As Teleplay
Antiporno

2017
As Screenplay
Shinjuku Swan II

2017
As Director
A Man's Flower Road

1987
As Editor
A Man's Flower Road

1987
As Writer
Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm

1988
As Writer
All Esper Dayo! ~The Lust-filled Love Wars~

2015
As Director
The Bastard and the Beautiful World

2018
As Director
Prisoners of the Ghostland

2021
As Director
Madly

2016
As Screenplay
Madly

2016
As Story
Strange Circus

2005
As Writer
Crazy Samurai Musashi

2020
As Writer
Hazard

2005
As Screenplay
Tokyo Vampire Hotel

2017
As Writer
Tokyo Vampire Hotel

2017
As Director
0cm⁴

2001
As Writer
0cm⁴

2001
As Editor
I Am Keiko

1997
As Editor
I Am Keiko

1997
As Producer
I Am Keiko

1997
As Art Direction
Red Blade

2018
As Writer
The Forest of Love

2019
As Director
The Forest of Love

2019
As Screenplay
Make the Last Wish

2009
As Writer
No-Pants Girls: Movie Box-ing2

2004
As Director
No-Pants Girls: Movie Box-ing2

2004
As Screenplay
Make the Last Wish

2009
As Director
I Am Sono Sion!

1985
As Producer
I Am Sono Sion!

1985
As Screenplay
I Am Sono Sion!

1985
As Editor
The Forest of Love

2019
As Editor
Red Post on Escher Street

2020
As Director
Red Post on Escher Street

2020
As Writer
Red Post on Escher Street

2020
As Editor
Utsushimi

2000
As Camera Operator
Utsushimi

2000
As Editor
State of Emergency

2020
As Director
Wind

1998
As Writer
Possibly, Huh Huh

2022
As Writer
Tokyo Gagaga

2012
As Director
Why Don't You Play in Hell?

2013
As Original Music Composer
RE:BORN

2016
As Screenplay
All Esper Dayo! ~The Lust-filled Love Wars~

2015
As Writer
My Future is Cinema's Future. Cinema's Future is my Future

2013
As Director
Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body

2000
As Screenplay
Phallus: The Man

1998
As Screenplay
Nobuyoshi Araki at work by Sono Sion

2012
As Director