Directed credits
60
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Sion Sono
Directing
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TMDB popularity
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Directed movies: 56Directed series: 4All crew credits: 71
TMDB ID: 67075
IMDb ID: nm0814469
Known for: Directing
Born: December 18, 1961
Age: 64
Place of birth: Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1985 - 2022
Years active: 38
Average TMDB rating: 6.49
Wikidata: Q179463
Also known as
Shion Sono • 소노 시온 • Takayuki Yamamoto
Frequent jobs
Director (58)Director of Operations (1)Director of Photography (1)Writer (5)Producer (2)Screenplay (2)Executive Producer (1)Story (1)
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".
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Sion Sono.
Director
Prisoners of the Ghostland
2021 • Movie
Director
Red Post on Escher Street
2020 • Movie
Director
State of Emergency
2020 • Movie
Director
The Lonely 19:00
2020 • Movie
Director
The Forest of Love
2019 • Movie
Director
The Bastard and the Beautiful World
2018 • Movie
Director
Tokyo Vampire Hotel
2017 • Movie
Director
Shinjuku Swan II
2017 • Movie
Director
Madly
2016 • Movie
Director
The Whispering Star
2015 • Movie
Director
The Virgin Psychics
2015 • Movie
Director
All Esper Dayo! ~The Lust-filled Love Wars~
2015 • Movie
Director
Love & Peace
2015 • Movie
Director
Shinjuku Swan
2015 • Movie
Director
Tag
2015 • Movie
Director
All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City
2015 • Movie
Director
Tokyo Tribe
2014 • Movie
Director
Why Don't You Play in Hell?
2013 • Movie
Director
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013 • Movie
Director
BAD FILM
2012 • Movie
Director
Tokyo Gagaga
2012 • Movie
Director
Himizu
2012 • Movie
Director
Guilty of Romance
2011 • Movie
Director
Cold Fish
2011 • Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Sion Sono.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Sion Sono.
Director
Love Exposure
2008 • Movie
Director
Why Don't You Play in Hell?
2013 • Movie
Director
The Whispering Star
2015 • Movie
Director
Strange Circus
2005 • Movie
Screenplay
RE:BORN
2016 • Movie
Director
Himizu
2012 • Movie
Director
Noriko's Dinner Table
2005 • Movie
Director
Cold Fish
2011 • Movie
Director
Guilty of Romance
2011 • Movie
Producer
Antiporno
2017 • Movie
Director
Tokyo Tribe
2014 • Movie
Director
Suicide Club
2001 • Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Sion Sono.
Screenplay
RE:BORN
2016 • Movie
Director
Love Exposure
2008 • Movie
Director
The Virgin Psychics
2015 • Movie
Director
Cold Fish
2011 • Movie
Director
Guilty of Romance
2011 • Movie
Director
The Forest of Love
2019 • Movie
Producer
Antiporno
2017 • Movie
Director
Tag
2015 • Movie
Tokyo Gore Police
2008 • Movie
Director
Prisoners of the Ghostland
2021 • Movie
Director
Suicide Club
2001 • Movie
Director
Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body
2000 • Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Sion Sono.
Director • 6 eps
Minna! ESPer Dayo!
2013 • Series
Director • 10 eps
Tokyo Vampire Hotel
2017 • Series
Writer • 4 eps
Time Limit Investigator
2006 • Series
Director • 7 eps
The Forest of Love: Deep Cut
2020 • Series
Director • 10 eps
Love Exposure: The TV-Show
2017 • Series
as Self • 10 eps
Kinnikuman: The Lost Legend
2021 • Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Sion Sono.
Writer
Possibly, Huh Huh
2022 • Movie
Producer
AMI.exe
2021 • Movie
Story
Crazy Samurai Musashi
2020 • Movie
Writer
Red Blade
2018 • Movie
Executive Producer
Dream Breaker
2018 • Movie
Producer
Antiporno
2017 • Movie
Screenplay
RE:BORN
2016 • Movie
Writer
The Land of Hope
2012 • Movie
Writer
Make the Last Wish
2009 • Movie
Screenplay
Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film Collection
2004 • Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Sion Sono.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Sion Sono.
as The Dream Man
ami. exe・2nd atom
2018 • Movie
as The Dream Man
ami. exe
2017 • Movie
as Self
The Sion Sono
2016 • Movie
as self
Making of Antiporno
2016 • Movie
as Self
Making of Tokyo Tribe
2015 • Movie
as Cameo
All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City
2015 • Movie
as Self (segment Sion Sono)
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013 • Movie
as Shiro
BAD FILM
2012 • Movie
as Self
Making of Himizu
2012 • Movie
as self
Tokyo Gagaga
2012 • Movie
as Self
Making of Love Exposure
2010 • Movie
Tokyo Gore Police
2008 • Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Sion Sono.