Sion Sono

Sion Sono

Known for
Directing
Born
December 18, 1961 (age 64)
Birthplace
Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan

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".

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

2026
Superplastic Deformation poster

Superplastic Deformation

Movie · Director

2026
The Homeless Billionaire poster

The Homeless Billionaire

TV · Director · 64 eps

2021
Prisoners of the Ghostland poster

Prisoners of the Ghostland

Movie · Director

2020
The Lonely 19:00 poster

The Lonely 19:00

Movie · Director

2020
Red Post on Escher Street poster

Red Post on Escher Street

Movie · Director

2020
State of Emergency poster

State of Emergency

Movie · Director

2020
The Forest of Love: Deep Cut poster

The Forest of Love: Deep Cut

TV · Director · 7 eps

2019
The Forest of Love poster

The Forest of Love

Movie · Director

2018
The Bastard and the Beautiful World poster

The Bastard and the Beautiful World

Movie · Director

2017
Antiporno poster

Antiporno

Movie · Director

2017
Shinjuku Swan II poster

Shinjuku Swan II

Movie · Director

2017
Tokyo Vampire Hotel poster

Tokyo Vampire Hotel

Movie · Director

2017
Tokyo Vampire Hotel poster

Tokyo Vampire Hotel

TV · Director · 10 eps

2017
Love Exposure: The TV-Show poster

Love Exposure: The TV-Show

TV · Director · 10 eps

2016
Madly poster

Madly

Movie · Director

2015
Shinjuku Swan poster

Shinjuku Swan

Movie · Director

2015
Love & Peace poster

Love & Peace

Movie · Director

2015
Tag poster

Tag

Movie · Director

2015
The Virgin Psychics poster

The Virgin Psychics

Movie · Director

2015
The Whispering Star poster

The Whispering Star

Movie · Director

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

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

Movie · Director

2015
All Esper Dayo! ~The Lust-filled Love Wars~ poster

All Esper Dayo! ~The Lust-filled Love Wars~

Movie · Director

2014
Tokyo Tribe poster

Tokyo Tribe

Movie · Director

2013
Why Don't You Play in Hell? poster

Why Don't You Play in Hell?

Movie · Director

2013
Venice 70: Future Reloaded poster

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

Movie · Director

2013
Minna! ESPer Dayo! poster

Minna! ESPer Dayo!

TV · Director · 6 eps

2012
Himizu poster

Himizu

Movie · Director

2012
The Land of Hope poster

The Land of Hope

Movie · Director

2012
BAD FILM poster

BAD FILM

Movie · Director

2012
Tokyo Gagaga poster

Tokyo Gagaga

Movie · Director

2011
Cold Fish poster

Cold Fish

Movie · Director

2011
Guilty of Romance poster

Guilty of Romance

Movie · Director

2010
Karma

Karma

Movie · Script Supervisor

2009
Be Sure to Share poster

Be Sure to Share

Movie · Director

2009
Make the Last Wish poster

Make the Last Wish

Movie · Director

2008
Love Exposure poster

Love Exposure

Movie · Director

2007
Exte: Hair Extensions poster

Exte: Hair Extensions

Movie · Director

2006
Balloon Club Revisited poster

Balloon Club Revisited

Movie · Director

2006
Time Limit Investigator poster

Time Limit Investigator

TV · Director · 4 eps

2005
Strange Circus poster

Strange Circus

Movie · Director

2005
Noriko's Dinner Table poster

Noriko's Dinner Table

Movie · Director

2005
Into a Dream poster

Into a Dream

Movie · Director

2005
Hazard poster

Hazard

Movie · Director

2004
No Memory Woman poster

No Memory Woman

Movie · Director

2004
Love Doctor poster

Love Doctor

Movie · Director

2004
Virtual Love poster

Virtual Love

Movie · Director

2004
Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film Collection poster

Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film Collection

Movie · Director

2004
When I Grow Up poster

When I Grow Up

Movie · Director

2004
No-Pants Girls: Movie Box-ing2 poster

No-Pants Girls: Movie Box-ing2

Movie · Director

2003
Woman in the Viewfinder poster

Woman in the Viewfinder

Movie · Director

2003
Father's Day poster

Father's Day

Movie · Director

2001
Suicide Club poster

Suicide Club

Movie · Director

2001
0cm⁴ poster

0cm⁴

Movie · Director

2000
Utsushimi poster

Utsushimi

Movie · Director

2000
Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body poster

Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body

Movie · Director

1998
Phallus: The Man poster

Phallus: The Man

Movie · Director

1998
Wind poster

Wind

Movie · Director

1997
I Am Keiko poster

I Am Keiko

Movie · Director

1993
The Room poster

The Room

Movie · Director

1993
Vagina & Virgin poster

Vagina & Virgin

Movie · Director

1990
Bicycle Sighs poster

Bicycle Sighs

Movie · Director

1989
Reflect on That Boys poster

Reflect on That Boys

Movie · Director

1988
Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm poster

Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm

Movie · Director

1987
A Man's Flower Road poster

A Man's Flower Road

Movie · Director

1986
Love poster

Love

Movie · Director

1985
I Am Sono Sion! poster

I Am Sono Sion!

Movie · Director

1984
Love Song

Love Song

Movie · Director