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Sion Sono

Born Dec. 18, 1961
Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan
64 years old

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".

101 titles
67 Directing
54 Writing
24 Acting

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Directing (67)

Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021)

Suicide Club (2001)

Love Exposure (2008)

Antiporno (2017)

Tag (2015)

Cold Fish (2011)

Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)

Guilty of Romance (2011)

Strange Circus (2005)

Himizu (2012)

The Forest of Love (2019)

Noriko's Dinner Table (2005)

Tokyo Tribe (2014)

The Whispering Star (2015)

Exte: Hair Extensions (2007)

The Virgin Psychics (2015)

The Land of Hope (2012)

Tokyo Vampire Hotel (2017)

Love & Peace (2015)

Red Post on Escher Street (2020)

Shinjuku Swan (2015)

The Forest of Love: Deep Cut (2020)

Hazard (2005)

Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)

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I Am Keiko (1997)

The Room (1993)

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

Into a Dream (2005)

Tokyo Vampire Hotel (2017)

Minna! ESPer Dayo! (2013)

Be Sure to Share (2009)

I Am Sono Sion! (1985)

Love Song (1984)

Shinjuku Swan II (2017)

Madly (2016)

BAD FILM (2012)

Love Exposure: The TV-Show (2017)

Time Limit Investigator (2006)

0cm⁴ (2001)

Bicycle Sighs (1990)

Utsushimi (2000)

The Bastard and the Beautiful World (2018)

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

Phallus: The Man (1998)

Balloon Club Revisited (2006)

Love (1986)

Vagina & Virgin (1993)

Make the Last Wish (2009)

A Man's Flower Road (1987)

Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm (1988)

Father's Day (2003)

State of Emergency (2020)

No-Pants Girls: Movie Box-ing2 (2004)

Virtual Love (2004)

Wind (1998)

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

Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film Collection (2004)

When I Grow Up (2004)

Woman in the Viewfinder (2003)

Script supervision

Love Doctor (2004)

No Memory Woman (2004)

Reflect on That Boys (1989)

Superplastic Deformation (2026)

The Homeless Billionaire (2026)

The Lonely 19:00 (2020)

Tokyo Gagaga (2012)

Writing (54)

Suicide Club (2001)

Love Exposure (2008)

Antiporno (2017)

Screenplay

Tag (2015)

Screenplay

Cold Fish (2011)

Screenplay

Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)

RE:BORN (2016)

Screenplay

Guilty of Romance (2011)

Strange Circus (2005)

Author

Himizu (2012)

Screenplay

The Forest of Love (2019)

Screenplay

Noriko's Dinner Table (2005)

Tokyo Tribe (2014)

Screenplay

The Whispering Star (2015)

Exte: Hair Extensions (2007)

Screenplay

Crazy Samurai Musashi (2020)

Story

The Virgin Psychics (2015)

Screenplay

The Land of Hope (2012)

Tokyo Vampire Hotel (2017)

Love & Peace (2015)

Red Post on Escher Street (2020)

The Forest of Love: Deep Cut (2020)

Screenplay

Hazard (2005)

Screenplay

I Am Keiko (1997)

Show all (54)

The Room (1993)

Idea / Story / Screenplay

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

Screenplay

Into a Dream (2005)

Tokyo Vampire Hotel (2017)

Minna! ESPer Dayo! (2013)

Be Sure to Share (2009)

I Am Sono Sion! (1985)

Screenplay

Love Song (1984)

Madly (2016)

Screenplay / Story

BAD FILM (2012)

Screenplay / Idea / Story

Love Exposure: The TV-Show (2017)

Time Limit Investigator (2006)

0cm⁴ (2001)

Bicycle Sighs (1990)

Utsushimi (2000)

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

Teleplay

Phallus: The Man (1998)

Screenplay

Balloon Club Revisited (2006)

Red Blade (2018)

Make the Last Wish (2009)

A Man's Flower Road (1987)

Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm (1988)

No-Pants Girls: Movie Box-ing2 (2004)

Screenplay

Wind (1998)

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

Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film Collection (2004)

Screenplay

Possibly, Huh Huh (2022)

Superplastic Deformation (2026)

Original story

The Lonely 19:00 (2020)

Acting (24)

Tokyo Gore Police (2008)

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

Tetsuya

Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf (2001)

Minna! ESPer Dayo! (2013)

Love Song (1984)

BAD FILM (2012)

Shiro

Bicycle Sighs (1990)

Shiro

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

Cameo

Love (1986)

The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia (2007)

A Man's Flower Road (1987)

The Man in the Red Coat

Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm (1988)

ami. exe (2017)

The Dream Man

Horny Couple: Wants to Sip (1999)

Virtual Love (2004)

Masao

Damejin (2006)

Golden Child (voice)

I Hate You... Not (1991)

ami. exe・2nd atom (2018)

The Dream Man

Happiness Avenue (1986)

Heaven's Trumpet (1994)

Himiko-san (2007)

Reflect on That Boys (1989)

Strange Days: The Making of Strange Circus (2005)

Teruo Ishii Fan Club (2006)

Editing (11)

The Forest of Love (2019)

Red Post on Escher Street (2020)

The Forest of Love: Deep Cut (2020)

I Am Keiko (1997)

The Room (1993)

I Am Sono Sion! (1985)

BAD FILM (2012)

0cm⁴ (2001)

Utsushimi (2000)

A Man's Flower Road (1987)

The Lonely 19:00 (2020)

Production (9)

Antiporno (2017)

I Am Keiko (1997)

I Am Sono Sion! (1985)

BAD FILM (2012)

Dream Breaker (2018)

Executive production

AMI.exe (2021)

Executive production

YOU+ME=LOVE (2011)

Casting

東京ガガガ

Director of Operations

Sound (4)

Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)

Original music

Strange Circus (2005)

Original music

Exte: Hair Extensions (2007)

Original music

Superplastic Deformation (2026)

Original music

Creation (4)

Tokyo Vampire Hotel (2017)

The Forest of Love: Deep Cut (2020)

Minna! ESPer Dayo! (2013)

Love Exposure: The TV-Show (2017)

Camera (3)

BAD FILM (2012)

Cinematography

Utsushimi (2000)

Camera operator

ENDLESS LOVE (1988)

Cinematography

Crew (2)

The Room (1993)

Script

BAD FILM (2012)

Cinematography

Art direction (1)

I Am Keiko (1997)

Appearances (15)

Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)

Self (segment Sion Sono)

I Am Sono Sion! (1985)

Himself

The Sion Sono (2016)

Self

Otaku - Children of the Virtual Empire (1994)

Self

Making of Antiporno (2016)

self

Making of Love Exposure (2010)

Self

HAZARDOUS: An interview with Sion Sono (2005)

Self

Jun Natsukawa - Virtual Love Behind-the-Scenes (2004)

himself

Kinnikuman: The Lost Legend (2021)

Self

Making of Hazard (2005)

himself

Making of Himizu (2012)

Self

Making of Land of Hope (2013)

Self

Making of Tokyo Tribe (2015)

Self

The Making of Noriko’s Dinner Table (2008)

Himself

Tokyo Gagaga (2012)

self