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Sion Sono

Name in Native Language: "園 子温" (Japanese/JA)
Actor / Poet / Novelist / Film Director / Screenwriter / Composer | * 12/20/1961 (62) | Toyokawa, Aichi (Japan)
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", a "stakhanovist filmmaker" with an "idiosyncratic" career. ()

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".

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Action

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Shamoto runs a small tropical fish shop. When his daughter Mitsuko is caught shoplifting at a grocery store a man named Murata steps in to settle things between the girl and the store manager. Murata ...

Cold Fish

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2010 | 3.5/5 | 2h 24min
Drama, Thriller, Crime, Horror
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The story of a teenage boy named Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while working as an "up-skirt" photographer in an offshoot of the porn industry. His attempts to woo her are complicated by ...

Love Exposure

Certification unknown

2009 | 4.0/5 | 3h 57min
Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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In Japan, gonzo filmmakers hatch a three-pronged plan to save an actress's career, end a yakuza war and make a hit movie. ...

Why Don't You Play in Hell?

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2013 | 3.7/5 | 2h 10min
Drama, Action, Comedy
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When 54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train it appears to be only the beginning of a string of suicides around the country. Does the new all-girl group Desert have anything t ...

Suicide Club

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2001 | 3.3/5 | 1h 39min
Drama, Horror, Thriller
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Movies with Sion Sono as Actor(22)

as The Dream Man2018 ami. exe・2nd atom
as The Dream Man2017 ami. exe
as himself2016 The Sion Sono
as Shiro2012 BAD FILM
as himself2012 Making of Himizu
as himself2010 Making of Love Exposure
2008 Tokyo Gore Police
2007 The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia
2006 Teruo Ishii Fan Club
as (voice)2006 Damejin
2001 Blind Beast vs Dwarf Killer
2000 Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body
1999 Horny Couple: Wants to Sip
as himself1994 Otaku
1991 I Hate You... Not
as Shiro1990 Bicycle Sighs
1988 Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm
1986 Happiness Avenue
1986 A Man's Flower Road
1986 Love
as himself1985 I Am Sono Sion!
1984 Love Song

TV Shows/Series with Sion Sono as Actor(1)

2013 Minna! ESPer Dayo!

Movies with Sion Sono as Crew(116)

Production/Producer2021 AMI.exe
Directing/Director2021 Prisoners of the Ghostland
Writing/Original Story2020 Crazy Samurai Musashi
Directing/Director2020 Red Post on Escher Street
Editing/Editor2020 Red Post on Escher Street
Writing/Writer2020 Red Post on Escher Street
Directing/Director2020 The Lonely 19:00
Editing/Editor2020 The Lonely 19:00
Writing/Writer2020 The Lonely 19:00
Directing/Director2019 The Forest of Love
Editing/Editor2019 The Forest of Love
Writing/Screenplay2019 The Forest of Love
Writing/Writer2018 Red Blade
Directing/Director2018 The Bastard and the Beautiful World
Production/Executive Producer2018 Dream Breaker
Directing/Director2017 Shinjuku Swan II
Directing/Director2017 Tokyo Vampire Hotel
Writing/Writer2017 Tokyo Vampire Hotel
Directing/Director2017 Antiporno
Production/Producer2017 Antiporno
Writing/Screenplay2017 Antiporno
Directing/Director2016 Madly
Writing/Screenplay2016 Madly
Writing/Story2016 Madly
Directing/Director2015 Tag
Writing/Screenplay2015 Tag
Directing/Director2015 Shinjuku Swan
Directing/Director2015 The Whispering Star
Writing/Writer2015 The Whispering Star
Directing/Director2015 All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City
Writing/Teleplay2015 All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City
Directing/Director2015 Love & Peace
Writing/Writer2015 Love & Peace
Directing/Director2015 The Virgin Psychics
Writing/Screenplay2015 The Virgin Psychics
Directing/Director2014 Tokyo Tribe
Writing/Screenplay2014 Tokyo Tribe
Directing/Director2013 Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Directing/Director2013 Why Don't You Play in Hell?
Sound/Music2013 Why Don't You Play in Hell?
Writing/Writer2013 Why Don't You Play in Hell?
Directing/Director2012 BAD FILM
Writing/Screenplay2012 BAD FILM
Directing/Director2012 The Land of Hope
Writing/Writer2012 The Land of Hope
Directing/Director2011 Himizu
Writing/Screenplay2011 Himizu
Directing/Director2011 Guilty of Romance
Writing/Writer2011 Guilty of Romance
Production/Casting2011 YOU+ME=LOVE
Directing/Director2010 Cold Fish
Writing/Screenplay2010 Cold Fish
Directing/Script Supervisor2010 Karma
Production/Executive Producer2010 Karma
Writing/Writer2010 Karma
Directing/Director2009 Love Exposure
Writing/Writer2009 Love Exposure
Directing/Director2009 Make the Last Wish
Writing/Writer2009 Make the Last Wish
Directing/Director2009 Be Sure to Share
Writing/Writer2009 Be Sure to Share
Directing/Director2007 Exte: Hair Extensions
Sound/Original Music Composer2007 Exte: Hair Extensions
Writing/Screenplay2007 Exte: Hair Extensions
Directing/Director2006 Balloon Club Revisited
Writing/Writer2006 Balloon Club Revisited
Directing/Director2005 Into a Dream
Writing/Writer2005 Into a Dream
Directing/Director2005 Strange Circus
Sound/Original Music Composer2005 Strange Circus
Writing/Author2005 Strange Circus
Directing/Director2005 Hazard
Writing/Screenplay2005 Hazard
Directing/Director2005 Noriko's Dinner Table
Writing/Writer2005 Noriko's Dinner Table
Directing/Director2004 No-Pants Girls: Movie Box-ing2
Writing/Screenplay2004 No-Pants Girls: Movie Box-ing2
Directing/Director2003 Father's Day
Directing/Director2001 0cm⁴
Editing/Editor2001 0cm⁴
Writing/Writer2001 0cm⁴
Directing/Director2001 Suicide Club
Writing/Writer2001 Suicide Club
Camera/Camera Operator2000 Utsushimi
Directing/Director2000 Utsushimi
Editing/Editor2000 Utsushimi
Writing/Writer2000 Utsushimi
Directing/Director2000 Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body
Writing/Writer2000 Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body
Directing/Director1998 Phallus: The Man
Writing/Writer1998 Phallus: The Man
Directing/Director1998 Wind
Writing/Writer1998 Wind
Art/Art Direction1997 I Am Keiko
Directing/Director1997 I Am Keiko
Editing/Editor1997 I Am Keiko
Production/Producer1997 I Am Keiko
Writing/Writer1997 I Am Keiko
Directing/Director1995 VAGINA & VIRGIN
Directing/Director1992 The Room
Editing/Editor1992 The Room
Writing/Writer1992 The Room
Directing/Director1990 Bicycle Sighs
Writing/Writer1990 Bicycle Sighs
Directing/Director1988 Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm
Writing/Writer1988 Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm
Directing/Director1986 A Man's Flower Road
Editing/Editor1986 A Man's Flower Road
Writing/Writer1986 A Man's Flower Road
Directing/Director1986 Love
Directing/Director1985 I Am Sono Sion!
Editing/Editor1985 I Am Sono Sion!
Production/Producer1985 I Am Sono Sion!
Writing/Screenplay1985 I Am Sono Sion!
Directing/Director1984 Love Song
Writing/Writer1984 Love Song

TV Shows/Series with Sion Sono as Crew(12)

Directing/Director2020 The Forest of Love: Deep Cut
Editing/Editor2020 The Forest of Love: Deep Cut
Writing/Screenplay2020 The Forest of Love: Deep Cut
Creator/Creator2020 The Forest of Love: Deep Cut
Directing/Director2017 Tokyo Vampire Hotel
Writing/Writer2017 Tokyo Vampire Hotel
Creator/Creator2017 Tokyo Vampire Hotel
Directing/Director2013 Minna! ESPer Dayo!
Writing/Writer2013 Minna! ESPer Dayo!
Creator/Creator2013 Minna! ESPer Dayo!
Directing/Director2006 Time Limit Investigator
Writing/Writer2006 Time Limit Investigator

Additional Information

Official websites:
www.sonosion.com
Full Name: Shion Sono
Citizenship: Japan
Born: Wednesday, 12/20 1961 (December) in Toyokawa, Aichi (Japan) (current age: 62 years + 127 days)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: Japanese (JA, native language)
Educated at: Hosei University
Spouses (current/former): Megumi Kagurazaka
Other names for Sion Sono (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Shion Sono"
"園子温"
"소노 시온"
"その しおん" (Kana/Japanese)
Sion Sono frequently works together with these people:
Yoshihiro Nishimura (18x, Crew)
Junichi Itou (18x, Crew)
Motoki Fukami (16x, Actor)
Megumi Kagurazaka (13x, Actress)
Meisekimu Genshi (10x, Crew)
Sôhei Tanikawa (9x, Crew)
Keiko Suzuki (8x, Actress)
Alex Paille (8x, Crew)
Mitsuru Fukikoshi (7x, Actor)
Tomohide Harada (7x, Crew)
Takashi Matsuzuka (7x, Crew)
Yuya Ishikawa (3x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:53113, Added: 05/17/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024