Sion Sono
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- December 18, 1961, Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan
- Movies
- 102
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".
Upcoming Sion Sono Movies
Superplastic Deformation
2026
December 5, 2026
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2026 | Superplastic Deformation | Director, Writer |
| 2022 | Possibly, Huh Huh | Writer |
| 2021 | Prisoners of the Ghostland | Director |
| 2021 | AMI.exe | Producer |
| 2020 | Red Post on Escher Street | Director, Writer |
| 2020 | The Lonely 19:00 | Director, Writer |
| 2020 | State of Emergency | Director |
| 2019 | The Forest of Love | Screenplay, Director |
| 2018 | Red Blade | Writer |
| 2018 | The Bastard and the Beautiful World | Director |
| 2017 | Tokyo Vampire Hotel | Director, Writer |
| 2017 | Antiporno | Producer, Director, Screenplay |
| 2017 | Shinjuku Swan II | Director |
| 2016 | RE:BORN | Screenplay |
| 2016 | Madly | Director, Screenplay |
| 2015 | The Whispering Star | Director, Writer |
| 2015 | The Virgin Psychics | Screenplay, Director |
| 2015 | All Esper Dayo! ~The Lust-filled Love Wars~ | Director, Writer |
| 2015 | Love & Peace | Writer, Director |
| 2015 | Shinjuku Swan | Director |
| 2015 | Tag | Screenplay, Director |
| 2015 | All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City | Director |
| 2014 | Tokyo Tribe | Director, Screenplay |
| 2013 | Why Don't You Play in Hell? | Writer, Director |
| 2013 | Venice 70: Future Reloaded | Director |
| 2012 | The Land of Hope | Director, Writer |
| 2012 | BAD FILM | Director, Screenplay, Writer, Producer |
| 2012 | Tokyo Gagaga | Director |
| 2012 | Himizu | Screenplay, Director |
| 2011 | Guilty of Romance | Director, Writer |
| 2011 | Cold Fish | Screenplay, Director |
| 2010 | Karma | Writer |
| 2009 | Be Sure to Share | Director, Writer |
| 2009 | Make the Last Wish | Writer, Director |
| 2008 | Love Exposure | Writer, Director |
| 2007 | Exte: Hair Extensions | Director, Screenplay |
| 2006 | Balloon Club Revisited | Writer, Director |
| 2005 | Strange Circus | Director, Writer |
| 2005 | Hazard | Director, Screenplay |
| 2005 | Noriko's Dinner Table | Writer, Director |
| 2005 | Into a Dream | Director, Writer |
| 2004 | When I Grow Up | Director |
| 2004 | No-Pants Girls: Movie Box-ing2 | Director, Screenplay |
| 2004 | Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film Collection | Screenplay, Director |
| 2004 | Virtual Love | Director |
| 2004 | No Memory Woman | Director |
| 2004 | Love Doctor | Director |
| 2003 | Woman in the Viewfinder | Director |
| 2003 | Father's Day | Director |
| 2001 | Suicide Club | Director, Writer |
| 2001 | 0cm⁴ | Director, Writer |
| 2000 | Utsushimi | Writer, Director |
| 2000 | Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body | Director, Screenplay |
| 1998 | Phallus: The Man | Director, Screenplay |
| 1998 | Wind | Director, Writer |
| 1997 | I Am Keiko | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1993 | The Room | Writer, Director, Screenplay |
| 1993 | Vagina & Virgin | Director |
| 1990 | Bicycle Sighs | Writer, Director |
| 1989 | Reflect on That Boys | Director |
| 1988 | Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm | Director, Writer |
| 1987 | A Man's Flower Road | Director, Writer |
| 1986 | Love | Director |
| 1985 | I Am Sono Sion! | Director, Producer, Screenplay |
| 1984 | Love Song | Writer, Director |
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