Sion Sono

Director

Born: December 18, 1961 (64 years old)

Place of birth: Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan

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".

Filmography (55)

• BAD FILM (2012, ★ 7.3)
• Strange Circus (2005, ★ 7.2)
• Love Exposure (2008, ★ 8)
• Tokyo Gore Police (2008, ★ 6)
• The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia (2007, ★ 6.8)
• The Sion Sono (2016, ★ 6.4)
• Suicide Club (2001, ★ 6.4)
• Noriko's Dinner Table (2005, ★ 6.9)
• Into a Dream (2005, ★ 6)
• Cold Fish (2011, ★ 6.9)
• Guilty of Romance (2011, ★ 6.9)
• Exte: Hair Extensions (2007, ★ 5.9)
• Hazard (2005, ★ 6.6)
• Be Sure to Share (2009, ★ 6.5)
• Antiporno (2017, ★ 6.7)
• Himizu (2012, ★ 7)
• Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013, ★ 7.4)
• The Whispering Star (2015, ★ 7.2)
• Red Post on Escher Street (2020, ★ 7.4)
• RE:BORN (2016, ★ 7.1)
• Bicycle Sighs (1990, ★ 5.5)
• All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City (2015, ★ 5.5)
• The Room (1992, ★ 6.1)
• The Land of Hope (2012, ★ 6.1)
• I Am Keiko (1997, ★ 5.8)
• Tokyo Tribe (2014, ★ 6.5)
• Balloon Club Revisited (2006, ★ 6.7)
• 0cm⁴ (2001, ★ 6.7)
• Love & Peace (2015, ★ 6.9)
• Tag (2015, ★ 6.5)