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Sion Sono

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".

Et billede af Sion Sono

Directing

1984

[ ] Love Song (Director)

1985

[ ] I Am Sono Sion! (Director)

1986

[ ] Love (Director)

1987

[ ] A Man's Flower Road (Director)

1988

[ ] Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm (Director)

1989

[ ] Reflect On That Boys (Director)

1990

[ ] Bicycle Sighs (Director)

1992

[ ] The Room (Director)

1995

[ ] Vagina & Virgin (Director)

1997

[ ] I Am Keiko (Director)

1998

[ ] Phallus: The Man (Director)
[ ] Wind (Director)

2000

[ ] Utsushimi (Director)
[ ] Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body (Director)

2001

[ ] Suicide Club (Director)
[ ] 0cm⁴ (Director)

2003

[ ] Woman in the Viewfinder (Director)
[ ] Father's Day (Director)

2004

[ ] Virtual Love (Director)
[ ] No Memory Woman (Director)
[ ] Love Doctor (Director)
[ ] Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film Collection (Director)
[ ] When I Grow Up (Director)
[ ] No-Pants Girls: Movie Box-ing2 (Director)

2005

[ W ] Strange Circus (Director)
[ ] Noriko's Dinner Table (Director)
[ ] Into a Dream (Director)
[ ] Hazard (Director)

2006

[ ] Balloon Club Revisited (Director)

2007

[ W ] Exte: Hair Extensions (Director)

2008

[ W ] Love Exposure (Director)

2009

[ ] Be Sure to Share (Director)
[ ] Make the Last Wish (Director)

2010

[ ] Karma (Script Supervisor)

2011

[ 6/10 ] Cold Fish (Director)
[ ] Guilty of Romance (Director)
[ ] Himizu (Director)

2012

[ 2/10 ] The Land of Hope (Director)
[ ] BAD FILM (Director)
[ ] Tokyo Gagaga (Director)

2013

[ ] Why Don't You Play in Hell? (Director)
[ ] Venice 70: Future Reloaded (Director)

2014

[ ] Tokyo Tribe (Director)

2015

[ ] Shinjuku Swan (Director)
[ ] Love & Peace (Director)
[ ] Tag (Director)
[ ] The Virgin Psychics (Director)
[ ] The Whispering Star (Director)
[ ] All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City (Director)
[ ] All Esper Dayo! ~The Lust-filled Love Wars~ (Director)

2016

[ ] Madly (Director)

2017

[ ] Antiporno (Director)
[ ] Shinjuku Swan II (Director)
[ ] Tokyo Vampire Hotel (Director)

2018

[ ] The Bastard and the Beautiful World (Director)

2019

[ ] The Forest of Love (Director)

2020

[ ] The Lonely 19:00 (Director)
[ ] Red Post on Escher Street (Director)
[ ] State of Emergency (Director)

2021

[ ] Prisoners of the Ghostland (Director)

Sound

2005

[ W ] Strange Circus (Original Music Composer)

2007

[ W ] Exte: Hair Extensions (Original Music Composer)

2013

[ ] Why Don't You Play in Hell? (Original Music Composer)

Writing

1984

[ ] Love Song (Writer)

1985

[ ] I Am Sono Sion! (Screenplay)

1987

[ ] A Man's Flower Road (Writer)

1988

[ ] Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm (Writer)

1990

[ ] Bicycle Sighs (Writer)

1992

[ ] The Room (Writer)

1997

[ ] I Am Keiko (Writer)

1998

[ ] Wind (Writer)
[ ] Phallus: The Man (Screenplay)

2000

[ ] Utsushimi (Writer)
[ ] Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body (Screenplay)

2001

[ ] Suicide Club (Writer)
[ ] 0cm⁴ (Writer)

2004

[ ] Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film Collection (Screenplay)
[ ] No-Pants Girls: Movie Box-ing2 (Screenplay)

2005

[ W ] Strange Circus (Author)
[ ] Noriko's Dinner Table (Writer)
[ ] Into a Dream (Writer)
[ W ] Strange Circus (Writer)
[ ] Hazard (Screenplay)

2006

[ ] Balloon Club Revisited (Writer)

2007

[ W ] Exte: Hair Extensions (Screenplay)

2008

[ W ] Love Exposure (Writer)

2009

[ ] Be Sure to Share (Writer)
[ ] Make the Last Wish (Writer)

2010

[ ] Karma (Writer)

2011

[ 6/10 ] Cold Fish (Screenplay)
[ ] Guilty of Romance (Writer)
[ ] Himizu (Screenplay)

2012

[ 2/10 ] The Land of Hope (Writer)
[ ] BAD FILM (Screenplay)
[ ] BAD FILM (Idea)
[ ] BAD FILM (Story)
[ ] BAD FILM (Writer)

2013

[ ] Why Don't You Play in Hell? (Writer)

2014

[ ] Tokyo Tribe (Screenplay)

2015

[ ] Love & Peace (Writer)
[ ] Tag (Screenplay)
[ ] The Virgin Psychics (Screenplay)
[ ] The Whispering Star (Writer)
[ ] All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City (Teleplay)
[ ] All Esper Dayo! ~The Lust-filled Love Wars~ (Writer)

2016

[ ] Madly (Story)
[ ] Madly (Screenplay)
[ ] RE:BORN (Screenplay)

2017

[ ] Antiporno (Screenplay)
[ ] Tokyo Vampire Hotel (Writer)

2018

[ ] Red Blade (Writer)

2019

[ ] The Forest of Love (Screenplay)

2020

[ ] The Lonely 19:00 (Writer)
[ ] Crazy Samurai Musashi (Writer)
[ ] Red Post on Escher Street (Writer)

2022

[ ] Possibly, Huh Huh (Writer)

Camera

1988

[ ] ENDLESS LOVE (Director of Photography)

2000

[ ] Utsushimi (Camera Operator)

2012

[ ] BAD FILM (Director of Photography)

Production

1985

[ ] I Am Sono Sion! (Producer)

1997

[ ] I Am Keiko (Producer)

2010

[ ] Karma (Executive Producer)

2011

[ ] YOU+ME=LOVE (Casting)

2012

[ ] BAD FILM (Producer)

2017

[ ] Antiporno (Producer)

2018

[ ] Dream Breaker (Executive Producer)

2021

[ ] AMI.exe (Producer)

????

[ ] 東京ガガガ (Director of Operations)

Editing

1985

[ ] I Am Sono Sion! (Editor)

1987

[ ] A Man's Flower Road (Editor)

1992

[ ] The Room (Editor)

1997

[ ] I Am Keiko (Editor)

2000

[ ] Utsushimi (Editor)

2001

[ ] 0cm⁴ (Editor)

2012

[ ] BAD FILM (Editor)

2019

[ ] The Forest of Love (Editor)

2020

[ ] The Lonely 19:00 (Editor)
[ ] Red Post on Escher Street (Editor)

Art

1997

[ ] I Am Keiko (Art Direction)

Crew

2012

[ ] BAD FILM (Cinematography)

Actor

1984

[ ] Love Song (????)

1985

[ ] I Am Sono Sion! (Himself)

1986

[ ] Love (????)
[ ] Happiness Avenue (????)

1987

[ ] A Man's Flower Road (The Man in the Red Coat)

1988

[ ] Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm (????)

1989

[ ] Reflect On That Boys (????)

1990

[ ] Bicycle Sighs (Shiro)

1991

[ ] I Hate You... Not (????)

1994

[ ] Heaven's Trumpet (????)
[ ] Otaku - Children of the Virtual Empire (Self)

1999

[ ] Horny Couple: Wants to Sip (????)

2000

[ ] Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body (Tetsuya)

2001

[ 3/10 ] Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf (????)

2004

[ ] Jun Natsukawa - Virtual Love Behind-the-Scenes (himself)
[ ] Virtual Love (Masao)

2005

[ ] Strange Days: The Making of Strange Circus (????)
[ ] Making of Hazard (himself)
[ ] HAZARDOUS: An interview with Sion Sono (Self)

2006

[ ] Teruo Ishii Fan Club (????)
[ ] Damejin (Golden Child (voice))

2007

[ ] The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia (????)
[ ] Himiko-san (????)

2008

[ W ] Tokyo Gore Police (????)
[ ] The Making of Noriko’s Dinner Table (Himself)

2010

[ ] Making of Love Exposure (Self)

2012

[ ] Making of Himizu (Self)
[ ] Tokyo Gagaga (self)
[ ] BAD FILM (Shiro)

2013

[ ] Making of Land of Hope (Self)
[ ] Venice 70: Future Reloaded (????)

2015

[ ] Making of Tokyo Tribe (Self)
[ ] All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City (Cameo)

2016

[ ] Making of Antiporno (self)
[ ] The Sion Sono (Self)

2017

[ ] ami. exe (The Dream Man)

2018

[ ] ami. exe・2nd atom (The Dream Man)