Personal Info
Birthday
December 18, 1961
Place of Birth
Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan
Known For
Directing
Sion Sono
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 Movies (63)
5.0
Prisoners of the Ghostland
Movie2021
7.4
Red Post on Escher Street
Movie2020
0.0
The Lonely 19:00
Movie2020
7.8
State of Emergency
Movie2020
6.6
The Forest of Love: Deep Cut
TV Series2020
6.3
The Forest of Love
Movie2019
4.2
The Bastard and the Beautiful World
Movie2018
6.1
Tokyo Vampire Hotel
Movie2017
6.5
Tokyo Vampire Hotel
TV Series2017
4.9
Love Exposure: The TV-Show
TV Series2017
6.6
Antiporno
Movie2017
4.8
Shinjuku Swan II
Movie2017
4.9
Madly
Movie2016
7.2
The Whispering Star
Movie2015
5.5
The Virgin Psychics
Movie2015
No Backdrop
6.0
All Esper Dayo! ~The Lust-filled Love Wars~
Movie2015
6.9
Love & Peace
Movie2015
5.5
Shinjuku Swan
Movie2015
6.4
Tag
Movie2015
5.4
All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City
Movie2015
6.5
Tokyo Tribe
Movie2014
7.4
Why Don't You Play in Hell?
Movie2013
5.1
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Movie2013
4.7
Minna! ESPer Dayo!
TV Series2013
6.1
The Land of Hope
Movie2012
7.3
BAD FILM
Movie2012
No Backdrop
0.0
Tokyo Gagaga
Movie2012
7.0
Himizu
Movie2012
6.9
Guilty of Romance
Movie2011
6.9
Cold Fish
Movie2011
6.5
Be Sure to Share
Movie2009
6.0
Make the Last Wish
Movie2009
7.9
Love Exposure
Movie2008
5.9
Exte: Hair Extensions
Movie2007
6.7
Balloon Club Revisited
Movie2006
6.7
Time Limit Investigator
TV Series2006
7.2
Strange Circus
Movie2005
6.6
Hazard
Movie2005
7.0
Noriko's Dinner Table
Movie2005
6.3
Into a Dream
Movie2005
No Backdrop
9.0
When I Grow Up
Movie2004
No Backdrop
2.0
No-Pants Girls: Movie Box-ing2
Movie2004
No Backdrop
0.0
No Memory Woman
Movie2004
No Backdrop
3.0
Virtual Love
Movie2004
No Backdrop
0.0
Love Doctor
Movie2004
No Backdrop
7.0
Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film Collection
Movie2004
No Backdrop
5.0
Woman in the Viewfinder
Movie2003
No Backdrop
5.5
Father's Day
Movie2003
6.5
Suicide Club
Movie2001
No Backdrop
6.7
0cm⁴
Movie2001
4.9
Utsushimi
Movie2000
4.2
Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body
Movie2000
4.8
Phallus: The Man
Movie1998
No Backdrop
7.5
Wind
Movie1998
5.8
I Am Keiko
Movie1997
4.8
Vagina & Virgin
Movie1995
6.3
The Room
Movie1993
6.0
Bicycle Sighs
Movie1990
No Backdrop
0.0
Reflect on That Boys
Movie1989
4.0
Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm
Movie1988
4.2
A Man's Flower Road
Movie1987
No Backdrop
3.3
Love
Movie1986
No Backdrop
4.3
I Am Sono Sion!
Movie1985
Acting Filmography (37)
0.0
Kinnikuman: The Lost Legend
TV Series2021
0.0
ami. exe・2nd atom
Movie2018
4.0
ami. exe
Movie2017
6.4
The Sion Sono
Movie2016
0.0
Making of Antiporno
Movie2016
No Backdrop
0.0
Making of Tokyo Tribe
Movie2015
5.4
All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City
Movie2015
5.1
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Movie2013
4.7
Minna! ESPer Dayo!
TV Series2013
7.3
BAD FILM
Movie2012
0.0
Making of Himizu
Movie2012
No Backdrop
0.0
Tokyo Gagaga
Movie2012
7.0
Making of Love Exposure
Movie2010
6.0
Tokyo Gore Police
Movie2008
No Backdrop
0.0
The Making of Noriko’s Dinner Table
Movie2008
No Backdrop
0.0
Himiko-san
Movie2007
6.8
The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia
Movie2007
No Backdrop
0.0
Teruo Ishii Fan Club
Movie2006
5.0
Damejin
Movie2006
0.0
Strange Days: The Making of Strange Circus
Movie2005
No Backdrop
0.0
Making of Hazard
Movie2005
No Backdrop
0.0
HAZARDOUS: An interview with Sion Sono
Movie2005
No Backdrop
3.0
Virtual Love
Movie2004
No Backdrop
0.0
Jun Natsukawa - Virtual Love Behind-the-Scenes
Movie2004
3.8
Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf
Movie2001
4.2
Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body
Movie2000
No Backdrop
2.0
Horny Couple: Wants to Sip
Movie1999
No Backdrop
5.0
Otaku - Children of the Virtual Empire
Movie1994
No Backdrop
0.0
Heaven's Trumpet
Movie1994
No Backdrop
9.0
I Hate You... Not
Movie1991
6.0
Bicycle Sighs
Movie1990
No Backdrop
0.0
Reflect on That Boys
Movie1989
4.0
Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm
Movie1988
4.2
A Man's Flower Road
Movie1987
No Backdrop
3.3
Love
Movie1986
No Backdrop
0.0
Happiness Avenue
Movie1986
No Backdrop
4.3
I Am Sono Sion!
Movie1985