Director

Sion Sono

December 18, 1961 · 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".

Notable work

5
Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021)
Director
6.5
Suicide Club (2001)
Director and Writer
7.9
Love Exposure (2008)
Director and Writer
6.6
Antiporno (2017)
Director
6.4
Tag (2015)
Director
6.9
Cold Fish (2011)
Director
6
Tokyo Gore Police (2008)
cast
7.3
Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)
Director and Writer

Often works with

Megumi Kagurazaka
8 titles together
Cold Fish, Why Don't You Play in Hell?, Guilty of Romance
Denden
5 titles together
Cold Fish, Himizu, The Forest of Love
YOUNG DAIS
4 titles together
Prisoners of the Ghostland, The Forest of Love, Tokyo Tribe
Tetsu Watanabe
4 titles together
Prisoners of the Ghostland, Cold Fish, Himizu
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
4 titles together
Cold Fish, Himizu, The Land of Hope
Tarō Suwa
4 titles together
Cold Fish, Why Don't You Play in Hell?, Himizu

Full filmography · 72

Possibly, Huh Huh
Writer
2022
Prisoners of the Ghostland
Director
20215
Red Post on Escher Street
Director and Writer
20207.3
State of Emergency
Director
2020
The Lonely 19:00
Director and Writer
2020
The Forest of Love
Director
20196.3
Red Blade
Writer
2018
ami. exe・2nd atom
as The Dream Man
2018
The Bastard and the Beautiful World
Director
2018
Tokyo Vampire Hotel
Director and Writer
2017
ami. exe
as The Dream Man
2017
Antiporno
Director
20176.6