Directing
Sion Sono
Born 18 December 1961 in Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan
194 credits
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".
Known for
Directing 67
- 2026Superplastic DeformationFilmDirector
- 2026The Homeless BillionaireSeriesDirector
- 2021Prisoners of the GhostlandFilmDirector
- 2020The Forest of Love: Deep CutSeriesDirector
- 2020Red Post on Escher StreetFilmDirector
- 2020State of EmergencyFilmDirector
- 2020The Lonely 19:00FilmDirector
- 2019The Forest of LoveFilmDirector
- 2018The Bastard and the Beautiful WorldFilmDirector
- 2017AntipornoFilmDirector
- 2017Tokyo Vampire HotelSeriesDirector
- 2017Love Exposure: The TV-ShowSeriesDirector
- 2017Tokyo Vampire HotelFilmDirector
- 2017Shinjuku Swan IIFilmDirector
- 2016MadlyFilmDirector
- 2015TagFilmDirector
- 2015The Virgin PsychicsFilmDirector
- 2015The Whispering StarFilmDirector
- 2015Love & PeaceFilmDirector
- 2015Shinjuku SwanFilmDirector
- 2015All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to CityFilmDirector
- 2015All Esper Dayo! ~The Lust-filled Love Wars~FilmDirector
- 2014Tokyo TribeFilmDirector
- 2013Why Don't You Play in Hell?FilmDirector
- 2013Minna! ESPer Dayo!SeriesDirector
- 2013Venice 70: Future ReloadedFilmDirector
- 2012HimizuFilmDirector
- 2012The Land of HopeFilmDirector
- 2012BAD FILMFilmDirector
- 2012Tokyo GagagaFilmDirector
- 2011Cold FishFilmDirector
- 2011Guilty of RomanceFilmDirector
- 2010KarmaFilmScript Supervisor
- 2009Be Sure to ShareFilmDirector
- 2009Make the Last WishFilmDirector
- 2008Love ExposureFilmDirector
- 2007Exte: Hair ExtensionsFilmDirector
- 2006Time Limit InvestigatorSeriesDirector
- 2006Balloon Club RevisitedFilmDirector
- 2005Strange CircusFilmDirector
- 2005Noriko's Dinner TableFilmDirector
- 2005HazardFilmDirector
- 2005Into a DreamFilmDirector
- 2004Virtual LoveFilmDirector
- 2004No-Pants Girls: Movie Box-ing2FilmDirector
- 2004Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film CollectionFilmDirector
- 2004When I Grow UpFilmDirector
- 2004No Memory WomanFilmDirector
- 2004Love DoctorFilmDirector
- 2003Father's DayFilmDirector
- 2003Woman in the ViewfinderFilmDirector
- 2001Suicide ClubFilmDirector
- 20010cm⁴FilmDirector
- 2000Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female BodyFilmDirector
- 2000UtsushimiFilmDirector
- 1998Phallus: The ManFilmDirector
- 1998WindFilmDirector
- 1997I Am KeikoFilmDirector
- 1993The RoomFilmDirector
- 1993Vagina & VirginFilmDirector
- 1990Bicycle SighsFilmDirector
- 1989Reflect on That BoysFilmDirector
- 1988Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys DormFilmDirector
- 1987A Man's Flower RoadFilmDirector
- 1986LoveFilmDirector
- 1985I Am Sono Sion!FilmDirector
- 1984Love SongFilmDirector
Acting 39
- 2021Kinnikuman: The Lost LegendSeriesSelf
- 2018ami. exe・2nd atomFilmThe Dream Man
- 2017ami. exeFilmThe Dream Man
- 2016The Sion SonoFilmSelf
- 2016Making of AntipornoFilmself
- 2015All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to CityFilmCameo
- 2015Making of Tokyo TribeFilmSelf
- 2013Minna! ESPer Dayo!Series
- 2013Venice 70: Future ReloadedFilmSelf (segment Sion Sono)
- 2013Making of Land of HopeFilmSelf
- 2012BAD FILMFilmShiro
- 2012Making of HimizuFilmSelf
- 2012Tokyo GagagaFilmself
- 2010Making of Love ExposureFilmSelf
- 2008Tokyo Gore PoliceFilm
- 2008The Making of Noriko’s Dinner TableFilmHimself
- 2007The Insects Unlisted in the EncyclopediaFilm
- 2007Himiko-sanFilm
- 2006DamejinFilmGolden Child (voice)
- 2006Teruo Ishii Fan ClubFilm
- 2005Strange Days: The Making of Strange CircusFilm
- 2005Making of HazardFilmhimself
- 2005HAZARDOUS: An interview with Sion SonoFilmSelf
- 2004Virtual LoveFilmMasao
- 2004Jun Natsukawa - Virtual Love Behind-the-ScenesFilmhimself
- 2001Blind Beast vs Killer DwarfFilm
- 2000Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female BodyFilmTetsuya
- 1999Horny Couple: Wants to SipFilm
- 1994Otaku - Children of the Virtual EmpireFilmSelf
- 1994Heaven's TrumpetFilm
- 1991I Hate You... NotFilm
- 1990Bicycle SighsFilmShiro
- 1989Reflect on That BoysFilm
- 1988Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys DormFilm
- 1987A Man's Flower RoadFilmThe Man in the Red Coat
- 1986LoveFilm
- 1986Happiness AvenueFilm
- 1985I Am Sono Sion!FilmHimself
- 1984Love SongFilm
Writing 54
- 2026Superplastic DeformationFilmOriginal Story, Writer
- 2022Possibly, Huh HuhFilmWriter
- 2020Crazy Samurai MusashiFilmStory
- 2020The Forest of Love: Deep CutSeriesScreenplay
- 2020Red Post on Escher StreetFilmWriter
- 2020The Lonely 19:00FilmWriter
- 2019The Forest of LoveFilmScreenplay
- 2018Red BladeFilmWriter
- 2017AntipornoFilmScreenplay
- 2017Tokyo Vampire HotelSeriesWriter
- 2017Love Exposure: The TV-ShowSeriesWriter
- 2017Tokyo Vampire HotelFilmWriter
- 2016RE:BORNFilmScreenplay
- 2016MadlyFilmScreenplay, Story
- 2015TagFilmScreenplay
- 2015The Virgin PsychicsFilmScreenplay
- 2015The Whispering StarFilmWriter
- 2015Love & PeaceFilmWriter
- 2015All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to CityFilmTeleplay
- 2015All Esper Dayo! ~The Lust-filled Love Wars~FilmWriter
- 2014Tokyo TribeFilmScreenplay
- 2013Why Don't You Play in Hell?FilmWriter
- 2013Minna! ESPer Dayo!SeriesWriter
- 2012HimizuFilmScreenplay
- 2012The Land of HopeFilmWriter
- 2012BAD FILMFilmIdea, Screenplay, Story, Writer
- 2011Cold FishFilmScreenplay
- 2011Guilty of RomanceFilmWriter
- 2010KarmaFilmWriter
- 2009Be Sure to ShareFilmWriter
- 2009Make the Last WishFilmWriter
- 2008Love ExposureFilmWriter
- 2007Exte: Hair ExtensionsFilmScreenplay
- 2006Time Limit InvestigatorSeriesWriter
- 2006Balloon Club RevisitedFilmWriter
- 2005Strange CircusFilmAuthor, Writer
- 2005Noriko's Dinner TableFilmWriter
- 2005HazardFilmScreenplay
- 2005Into a DreamFilmWriter
- 2004No-Pants Girls: Movie Box-ing2FilmScreenplay
- 2004Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film CollectionFilmScreenplay
- 2001Suicide ClubFilmWriter
- 20010cm⁴FilmWriter
- 2000Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female BodyFilmScreenplay
- 2000UtsushimiFilmWriter
- 1998Phallus: The ManFilmScreenplay
- 1998WindFilmWriter
- 1997I Am KeikoFilmWriter
- 1993The RoomFilmIdea, Screenplay, Story, Writer
- 1990Bicycle SighsFilmWriter
- 1988Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys DormFilmWriter
- 1987A Man's Flower RoadFilmWriter
- 1985I Am Sono Sion!FilmScreenplay
- 1984Love SongFilmWriter
Created 4
Music 4
Camera 3
Production 9
Editing 11
- 2020The Forest of Love: Deep CutSeriesEditor
- 2020Red Post on Escher StreetFilmEditor
- 2020The Lonely 19:00FilmEditor
- 2019The Forest of LoveFilmEditor
- 2012BAD FILMFilmEditor
- 20010cm⁴FilmEditor
- 2000UtsushimiFilmEditor
- 1997I Am KeikoFilmEditor
- 1993The RoomFilmEditor
- 1987A Man's Flower RoadFilmEditor
- 1985I Am Sono Sion!FilmEditor
Crew 2
Art 1
Filmography from TMDB.