Sion Sono is a Japanese filmmaker, author, and poet.
21 Facts About Sion Sono
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Sion Sono spent some time in the cult but found it extremely funny how the main priest claimed to be God.
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When Sion Sono returned home, he found a letter from the cult on his table.
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Two years later, in 1987 Sion Sono won the PFF Gran Prix with his film Otoko no Hanamichi.
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In 1990, Sion Sono moved to San Francisco, and was admitted to University of California, Berkeley; however, he never attended class, or learned English, instead spending his time watching B-movies and porno movies.
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Also in 2000, Sion Sono released an experimental short film 0cm4, contemplating on colourblindness and epistemology.
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In 2001, Sion Sono wrote and directed the horror film Suicide Club, his breakthrough feature, which follows a series of interconnected mass suicides.
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In 2005, Sion Sono released Noriko's Dinner Table, a prequel to Suicide Club, which received acclaim.
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In 2005, Sion Sono released three other films: Into a Dream, a coming-of-age tale about the life of a theatre group member, Hazard, a crime film shot in New York City, and Strange Circus, where Sion Sono worked not only as director and writer, but as composer and cinematographer.
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In 2008, Sion Sono directed and wrote the 237 minutes-long epic Love Exposure, which is widely considered his most acclaimed and popular work to date.
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In 2009, Sion Sono directed the dramas Be Sure to Share and Make The Last Wish.
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In 2011 and 2012 respectively, Sion Sono released two drama films inspired by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and Tohoku Earthquake: Himizu and The Land of Hope.
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In 2012, Sion Sono edited and released the film BAD FILM using footage from the production of a massive unreleased underground film he shot in 1995 starring the performance collective Tokyo GAGAGA.
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In 2016, Sion Sono was one of the directors chosen by Nikkatsu for its Roman Porno Reboot project, which asked five Japanese filmmakers to make a film that abided by the same rules as the studio's popular softcore pornography films released in the 1970s.
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In 2017, Sion Sono directed a sequel to Shinjuku Swan, Shinjuku Swan II.
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In 2019, Netflix released The Forest of Love, a crime film written, directed and co-edited by Sion Sono, inspired by the murders of Japanese serial killer Futoshi Matsunaga.
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In 2020, Sion Sono wrote, directed and edited the film Red Post on Escher Street, which followed a film director's efforts to complete a film, and won the People's Choice Award at the Montreal Festival of New Cinema.
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Sion Sono co-wrote the 2022 film Moshikashite, Hyuhyu, credited under the pseudonym "Takayuki Yamamoto" to obscure his involvement.
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Sion Sono directed and wrote the 2017 Amazon original mini-series Tokyo Vampire Hotel.
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Sion Sono's work has often been described as belonging to, or being inspired by, the ero guro nansensu genre.
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On May 18,2022, Sion Sono sued the publisher of Shukan Josei for damages.