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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", [1] a " stakhanovist filmmaker" [2] [3] with an " idiosyncratic " career.
Sion Sono. Director: Love Exposure. Shion Sono is a Japanese director, writer and poet. Born in Aichi Perfecture in 1961 he started his career working as a poet before taking his first steps in film directing.
Sion Sono crafts a delightful and eccentric tale that melds fantasy, comedy, and drama into a unique cinematic experience. The vibrant city of Tokyo serves as the perfect setting for this whimsical journey, contrasting Ryoichi’s internal struggles with the world around him.
Sep 20, 2021 · The moment a crotch bomb blows off Nic Cage’s nut in the first act of Prisoners of the Ghostland, and Cage kicks into a manic gear that only he possesses, it’s clear that Japanese auteur Sion...
Sion Sono. Director: Love Exposure. Shion Sono is a Japanese director, writer and poet. Born in Aichi Perfecture in 1961 he started his career working as a poet before taking his first steps in film directing.
Feb 2, 2021 · Few directors court and conduct on-screen chaos like Sion Sono. The wild (and wildly prolific) Japanese filmmaker-poet has to his name 50-odd directorial ventures across film and television, including a lurid four-hour “upskirt-photography epic” (“Love Exposure”), a sung-through yakuza gangsta-rap musical (“ Tokyo Tribe ”), and a J ...
Feb 8, 2021 · Sion Sono's ode to movie extras is his best film since his near-fatal heart attack, and a wonderful reminder of what makes his work special.
Apr 5, 2022 · Sono Sion, the self-proclaimed maverick Japanese film director known for raunchy indie movies including “Love Exposure” and “Antiporno,” has been accused of sexual harassment by several...
Mar 31, 2017 · Sion Sono is a name that might not be immediately recognizable, but absolutely should be. His directorial work has the feeling of Tarantino storytelling turned up to 11 and Kubrick-like attention to detail, all packaged in off-the-wall insane Japanese goodness.
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".
