Portrait of Sion Sono

Directing

Sion Sono

Career

Active from 1984 to 2026, busiest in 2015 with 7 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Love & Peace
Love & Peace
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 34 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Sion Sono Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    0.9, average 2.6
  • Wholesome
    1.9, average 3.4
  • Nostalgia
    2.5, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Cinema 9
  • Coming-of-Age 5
  • Character Study 5
  • Character-Driven 4
  • Psychological Horror 4
  • Psychological Thriller 4
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Eccentric Characters 3
  • Visually Striking 3
  • Psychological 3
  • Japanese Horror 3
  • Yakuza 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

73
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
東京ガガガ
東京ガガガ

Director of Operations

2020s

8 titles · average score 50
Superplastic Deformation
Superplastic Deformation (2026)

Original Story, Original Music Composer

Possibly, Huh Huh
Possibly, Huh Huh (2022)

Writer

Prisoners of the Ghostland
Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021)
GoodWatch score 51

Director

AMI.exe
AMI.exe (2021)

Producer

Crazy Samurai Musashi
Crazy Samurai Musashi (2020)
GoodWatch score 52

Story

Red Post on Escher Street
Red Post on Escher Street (2020)
GoodWatch score 48

Writer, Director

The Lonely 19:00
The Lonely 19:00 (2020)

Director, Writer

State of Emergency
State of Emergency (2020)

Director

2010s

30 titles · average score 64
The Forest of Love
The Forest of Love (2019)
GoodWatch score 80

Screenplay, Director

Antiporno
Antiporno (2017)
GoodWatch score 73

Screenplay, Director

RE:BORN
RE:BORN (2016)
GoodWatch score 64

Screenplay

Madly
Madly (2016)
GoodWatch score 55

Director, Story

Tag
Tag (2015)
GoodWatch score 77

Screenplay, Director

The Virgin Psychics
The Virgin Psychics (2015)
GoodWatch score 41

Director, Screenplay

Tokyo Tribe
Tokyo Tribe (2014)
GoodWatch score 58

Director, Screenplay

Why Don't You Play in Hell?
Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)
GoodWatch score 74

Director, Original Music Composer

Minna! ESPer Dayo!
Minna! ESPer Dayo! (2013)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show · Creator, Director

Himizu
Himizu (2012)
GoodWatch score 77

Screenplay, Director

Cold Fish
Cold Fish (2011)
GoodWatch score 71

Screenplay, Director

Guilty of Romance
Guilty of Romance (2011)
GoodWatch score 64

Director, Writer

2000s

22 titles · average score 64
Be Sure to Share
Be Sure to Share (2009)
GoodWatch score 67

Writer, Director

Love Exposure
Love Exposure (2008)
GoodWatch score 83

Director, Writer

Exte: Hair Extensions
Exte: Hair Extensions (2007)
GoodWatch score 61

Director, Screenplay

Balloon Club Revisited
Balloon Club Revisited (2006)

Writer, Director

Strange Circus
Strange Circus (2005)
GoodWatch score 70

Writer, Director

Noriko's Dinner Table
Noriko's Dinner Table (2005)
GoodWatch score 66

Writer, Director

Hazard
Hazard (2005)
GoodWatch score 65

Director, Screenplay

Into a Dream
Into a Dream (2005)
GoodWatch score 63

Director, Writer

Virtual Love
Virtual Love (2004)
GoodWatch score 41

as Masao

Suicide Club
Suicide Club (2001)
GoodWatch score 64

Writer, Director

Utsushimi
Utsushimi (2000)
GoodWatch score 56

Camera Operator, Editor

Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body
Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body (2000)

as Tetsuya

1990s

6 titles · average score 61
Phallus: The Man
Phallus: The Man (1998)

Screenplay, Director

Wind
Wind (1998)

Director, Writer

I Am Keiko
I Am Keiko (1997)
GoodWatch score 60

Director, Editor

The Room
The Room (1993)
GoodWatch score 61

Screenplay, Director

Vagina & Virgin
Vagina & Virgin (1993)

Director

Bicycle Sighs
Bicycle Sighs (1990)

as Shiro

1980s

6 titles
Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm
Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm (1988)

Writer, Director

ENDLESS LOVE
ENDLESS LOVE (1988)

Director of Photography

A Man's Flower Road
A Man's Flower Road (1987)

as The Man in the Red Coat

Love
Love (1986)

Director

I Am Sono Sion!
I Am Sono Sion! (1985)

Screenplay, Editor

Love Song
Love Song (1984)

Writer, Director