Emerging from Aichi Prefecture, he entered Hosei University where he published poetry and began experimenting with Super 8 short films, a foundation that later informed his unconventional cinematic style. Early recognition arrived when a self-described punk poet short was selected for the Pia Film Festival in 1985, followed by a Gran Prix win two years later; the scholarship enabled him to produce… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for Prisoners of the Ghostland 2021 Suicide Club 2001 Love Exposure 2008 Antiporno 2017 Features 52 ★ 7.3 Why Don't You Play in Hell? 2013
★ 6.9 Cold Fish 2011
★ 7.2 Strange Circus 2005
★ 7.1 Himizu 2012
★ 7.3 The Whispering Star 2015
★ 6.9 Guilty of Romance 2011
★ 7 Noriko's Dinner Table 2005
★ 6.6 Antiporno 2017
★ 6.5 Suicide Club 2001
★ 6.4 Tag 2015
★ 6.5 Tokyo Tribe 2014
★ 7.3 Red Post on Escher Street 2020
★ 6.3 The Forest of Love 2019
Series ★ 6.3 Tokyo Vampire Hotel 2017
★ 6.6 Hazard 2005
★ 7.3 BAD FILM 2012
★ 6.1 The Land of Hope 2012
★ 7.8 State of Emergency 2020
★ 6.5 Be Sure to Share 2009
★ 6.3 The Room 1993
★ 6.3 Into a Dream 2005
★ 6.7 Balloon Club Revisited 2006
★ 6.1 Tokyo Vampire Hotel 2017
★ 7 Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film Collection 2004
★ 6 Bicycle Sighs 1990
★ 6 Make the Last Wish 2009
★ 6 All Esper Dayo! ~The Lust-filled Love Wars~ 2015
★ 5.9 Exte: Hair Extensions 2007
★ 5.8 I Am Keiko 1997
★ 5.4 All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City 2015
★ 5 Phallus: The Man 1998
Series ★ 5.2 Love Exposure: The TV-Show 2017
★ 4.2 A Man's Flower Road 1987
★ 4 Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm 1988
★ 2 No-Pants Girls: Movie Box-ing2 2004
★ 4.9 Utsushimi 2000
★ 4.9 Madly 2016
★ 5.5 Shinjuku Swan 2015
★ 4.8 Shinjuku Swan II 2017
★ 4.2 The Bastard and the Beautiful World 2018
Series ★ 4.7 Minna! ESPer Dayo! 2013
★ 5 Venice 70: Future Reloaded 2013
★ 5.5 The Virgin Psychics 2015
★ 4.2 Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body 2000
Superplastic Deformation 2026
Series The Homeless Billionaire 2026
Short films 14 ★ 6.7 0cm⁴ 2001
★ 7.5 Wind 1998
★ 9 When I Grow Up 2004
★ 5 Woman in the Viewfinder 2003
★ 5.5 Father's Day 2003
★ 3 Virtual Love 2004
★ 4.8 Vagina & Virgin 1993
★ 3.3 Love 1986
★ 4.3 I Am Sono Sion! 1985
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