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Sion Sono
Born: 1961-12-18 in 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".
Rated Filmography (53)
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When I Grow Up
2004
7.9
Love Exposure
2008
7.8
State of Emergency
2020
7.5
Wind
1998
7.3
Why Don't You Play in Hell?
2013
7.3
BAD FILM
2012
7.3
Red Post on Escher Street
2020
7.3
The Whispering Star
2015
7.2
Strange Circus
2005
7.0
Himizu
2012
7.0
Noriko's Dinner Table
2005
7.0
Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film Collection
2004
6.9
Cold Fish
2011
6.9
Guilty of Romance
2011
6.9
Love & Peace
2015
6.7
Balloon Club Revisited
2006
6.7
0cm⁴
2001
6.6
Hazard
2005
6.6
Antiporno
2017
6.5
Tokyo Tribe
2014
6.5
Be Sure to Share
2009
6.5
Suicide Club
2001
6.4
Tag
2015
6.3
The Room
1993
6.3
The Forest of Love
2019
6.3
Into a Dream
2005
6.1
Tokyo Vampire Hotel
2017
6.1
The Land of Hope
2012
6.0
Bicycle Sighs
1990
6.0
All Esper Dayo! ~The Lust-filled Love Wars~
2015
6.0
Make the Last Wish
2009
5.9
Exte: Hair Extensions
2007
5.8
I Am Keiko
1997
5.5
Father's Day
2003
5.5
Shinjuku Swan
2015
5.5
The Virgin Psychics
2015
5.4
All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City
2015
5.0
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013
5.0
Woman in the Viewfinder
2003
5.0
Prisoners of the Ghostland
2021
4.9
Madly
2016
4.9
Utsushimi
2000
4.8
Phallus: The Man
1998
4.8
Shinjuku Swan II
2017
4.8
Vagina & Virgin
1995
4.3
I Am Sono Sion!
1985
4.3
A Man's Flower Road
1987
4.2
Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body
2000
4.2
The Bastard and the Beautiful World
2018
4.0
Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm
1988
3.3
Love
1986
3.0
Virtual Love
2004
2.0
No-Pants Girls: Movie Box-ing2
2004