Sion Sono
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".

Top 10 collaborators

Roles

Crew

Possibly, Huh Huh (2022)
Writer
Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021)
Director
AMI.exe (2021)
Producer
Red Post on Escher Street (2020)
Director | Writer | Editor
The Lonely 19:00 (2020)
Director | Writer | Editor
Crazy Samurai Musashi (2020)
Writer
The Forest of Love (2019)
Director | Screenplay | Editor
Red Blade (2018)
Writer
Dream Breaker (2018)
Executive Producer
The Bastard and the Beautiful World (2018)
Director
Tokyo Vampire Hotel (2017)
Director | Writer
Antiporno (2017)
Director | Screenplay | Producer
Shinjuku Swan II (2017)
Director
Madly (2016)
Director | Screenplay | Story
The Whispering Star (2015)
Director | Writer
The Virgin Psychics (2015)
Director | Screenplay
All Esper Dayo! ~The Lust-filled Love Wars~ (2015)
Director
Love & Peace (2015)
Director | Writer
Shinjuku Swan (2015)
Director
Tag (2015)
Director | Screenplay
All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City (2015)
Director | Teleplay
Tokyo Tribe (2014)
Director | Screenplay
Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)
Director | Writer | Music
The Land of Hope (2012)
Writer | Director
BAD FILM (2012)
Director | Screenplay
Guilty of Romance (2011)
Director | Writer
Himizu (2011)
Director | Screenplay
YOU+ME=LOVE (2011)
Casting
Cold Fish (2011)
Director | Screenplay
Karma (2010)
Writer | Executive Producer | Script Supervisor
Be Sure to Share (2009)
Director | Writer
Love Exposure (2009)
Director | Writer
Make the Last Wish (2009)
Director | Writer
Exte: Hair Extensions (2007)
Director | Screenplay | Original Music Composer
Balloon Club Revisited (2006)
Director | Writer
Strange Circus (2005)
Director | Author | Original Music Composer | Writer
Hazard (2005)
Director | Screenplay
Noriko's Dinner Table (2005)
Director | Writer
Into a Dream (2005)
Director | Writer
No-Pants Girls: Movie Box-ing2 (2004)
Director | Screenplay
When I Grow Up (2004)
Director
Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film Collection (2004)
Screenplay | Director
No Memory Woman (2004)
Director
Virtual Love (2004)
Director
Love Doctor (2004)
Director
Woman in the Viewfinder (2003)
Director
Father's Day (2003)
Director
Suicide Club (2001)
Director | Writer
0cm⁴ (2001)
Director | Writer | Editor
Utsushimi (2000)
Director | Writer | Camera Operator | Editor
Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body (2000)
Director | Writer
Phallus: The Man (1998)
Director | Writer
Wind (1998)
Director | Writer
I Am Keiko (1997)
Director | Writer | Producer | Art Direction | Editor
Vagina & Virgin (1995)
Director
The Room (1992)
Director | Writer | Editor
Bicycle Sighs (1990)
Director | Writer
Reflect On That Boys (1989)
Director
Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm (1988)
Director | Writer
ENDLESS LOVE (1988)
Director of Photography
A Man's Flower Road (1987)
Director | Editor | Writer
Love (1986)
Director
Love Song (1984)
Director | Writer