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".
Directed
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Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021) — Director
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Suicide Club (2001) — Director
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Love Exposure (2008) — Director
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Antiporno (2017) — Director
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Tag (2015) — Director
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Cold Fish (2011) — Director
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Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013) — Director
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Guilty of Romance (2011) — Director
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Strange Circus (2005) — Director
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Himizu (2012) — Director
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The Forest of Love (2019) — Director
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Tokyo Tribe (2014) — Director
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Noriko's Dinner Table (2005) — Director
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The Whispering Star (2015) — Director
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Exte: Hair Extensions (2007) — Director
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The Virgin Psychics (2015) — Director
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The Land of Hope (2012) — Director
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Love & Peace (2015) — Director
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Tokyo Vampire Hotel (2017) — Director
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Red Post on Escher Street (2020) — Director
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Shinjuku Swan (2015) — Director
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The Forest of Love: Deep Cut (2020) — Director
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Hazard (2005) — Director
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I Am Keiko (1997) — Director
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The Room (1993) — Director
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Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013) — Director
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Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body (2000) — Director
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Into a Dream (2005) — Director
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Tokyo Vampire Hotel (2017) — Director
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Minna! ESPer Dayo! (2013) — Director
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Be Sure to Share (2009) — Director
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I Am Sono Sion! (1985) — Director
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Shinjuku Swan II (2017) — Director
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Madly (2016) — Director
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BAD FILM (2012) — Director
- Love Song (1984) — Director
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Time Limit Investigator (2006) — Director
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Bicycle Sighs (1990) — Director
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Utsushimi (2000) — Director
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0cm⁴ (2001) — Director
Also appeared in
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Tokyo Gore Police (2008)
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Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013) — Self (segment Sion Sono)
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Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body (2000) — Tetsuya
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Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf (2001)
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Minna! ESPer Dayo! (2013)
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I Am Sono Sion! (1985) — Himself
- Love Song (1984)
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BAD FILM (2012) — Shiro
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Bicycle Sighs (1990) — Shiro
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The Sion Sono (2016) — Self
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All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City (2015) — Cameo
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The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia (2007)
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Love (1986)
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Otaku - Children of the Virtual Empire (1994) — Self
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Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm (1988)
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A Man's Flower Road (1987) — The Man in the Red Coat
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ami. exe (2017) — The Dream Man
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Horny Couple: Wants to Sip (1999)
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Virtual Love (2004) — Masao
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Making of Love Exposure (2010) — Self
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I Hate You... Not (1991)
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Damejin (2006) — Golden Child (voice)
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Heaven's Trumpet (1994)
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The Making of Noriko’s Dinner Table (2008) — Himself
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Strange Days: The Making of Strange Circus (2005)
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Making of Himizu (2012) — Self
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Jun Natsukawa - Virtual Love Behind-the-Scenes (2004) — himself
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Making of Hazard (2005) — himself
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Tokyo Gagaga (2012) — self
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HAZARDOUS: An interview with Sion Sono (2005) — Self
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Happiness Avenue (1986)
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ami. exe・2nd atom (2018) — The Dream Man
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Teruo Ishii Fan Club (2006)
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Reflect on That Boys (1989)
- Making of Land of Hope (2013) — Self
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Making of Tokyo Tribe (2015) — Self
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Himiko-san (2007)
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Making of Antiporno (2016) — self
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Kinnikuman: The Lost Legend (2021) — Self