Sion Sono — Director (40)
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Love Exposure (2009) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb
愛のむきだし
6.9 (7 ratings) director: Sion Sono actor: Takahiro Nishijima / Hikari Mitsushima …
other title: Exposición de amor / 愛のむきだし
The story of a teenage boy named Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while working as an "up-skirt" photographer in an offshoot of the porn industry. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian – dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with the guilt that's a legacy of his Catholic upbringing.
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Tokyo Vampire Hotel (2017) [TV] TMDB WikiData IMDb
東京ヴァンパイアホテル
director: Sion Sono actor: Kaho / Ami Tomite …
other title: 東京ヴァンパイアホテル
Manami suddenly encounters mass murder at a pub on her 22nd birthday as she is hunted down by two warring vampire clans, the Draculas and the Corvins. Manami is a child of prophecy who is meant to help the Draculas overcome their Corvin enemies who have driven them underground. Meanwhile, droves of young men and women are gathered at the Hotel Requiem by a Corvin named Yamada who informs them that the world is about to end, with this hotel being the only refuge.
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Suicide Club (2001) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB
自殺サークル
director: Sion Sono actor: Ryo Ishibashi / Akaji Maro …
other title: 循环自杀 / 自殺サークル …
When 54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train it appears to be only the beginning of a string of suicides around the country. Detective Kuroda tries to find the answer to this mystery, which isn't as simple as he had hoped.
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Red Post on Escher Street (2020) [Movie] Douban TMDB NeoDB WikiData IMDb
エッシャー通りの赤いポスト
director: Sion Sono actor: Sen Fujimaru / Riku Kurokouchi …
other title: Buzón rojo de la calle Escher / エッシャー通りの赤いポスト …
A genius film director, Tadashi Kobayashi holds an audition for his new film project. Several actors and actresses answer the open call, but most will only be cast as extras. Can the film come to a completion without accident?
日本
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Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb Douban NeoDB
地獄でなぜ悪い
director: Sion Sono actor: Jun Kunimura / Shinichi Tsutsumi …
other title: Why don't you play in hell / ¿Por qué no jugamos en el infierno? …
In Japan, gonzo filmmakers hatch a three-pronged plan to save an actress's career, end a yakuza war and make a hit movie.
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Noriko's Dinner Table (2005) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
紀子の食卓
director: Sion Sono actor: Kazue Fukiishi / Tsugumi …
other title: Suicide Club 2 / La mesa de cena de Noriko …
A teenager named Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Toyokawa, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's family circle, which grows darker after the mass suicide of 54 high school girls.
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Cold Fish (2011) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban WikiData IMDb
冷たい熱帯魚
7.6 (5 ratings) director: Sion Sono actor: Mitsuru Fukikoshi / Denden …
other title: 冷たい熱帯魚
Shamoto runs a small tropical fish shop. When his daughter Mitsuko is caught shoplifting at a grocery store a man named Murata steps in to settle things between the girl and the store manager. Murata also runs a tropical fish shop and he and Shamoto soon become friendly. However Murata hides many dark secrets behind his friendly face.
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Exte: Hair Extensions (2007) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData NeoDB Douban
エクステ
director: Sion Sono actor: Chiaki Kuriyama / Ren Osugi …
other title: Exte / Ekusute (Exte: Hair Extensions) …
An aspiring hair dresser becomes the infatuation of a tricophilic man who sells hair extensions to nearby hair salons. The source of the hair is the corpse of a girl whose dead body continues to grow beautiful, voluminous, black hair that comes alive, driving those who use the extensions insane or killing them.
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Tag (2015) [Movie] IMDb Douban TMDB NeoDB WikiData
リアル鬼ごっこ
director: Sion Sono actor: Reina Triendl / Mariko Shinoda …
other title: Real Oni Gokko - Tag / Tag - A High School Splatter Film …
Mitsuko, a young student, encounters a series of horrifying incidents set in alternate realities where people wind up dead in the most horrendous fashion.
2015 园子温 日本
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Minna! ESPer Dayo! (2013) [TV] TMDB
みんな!エスパーだよ!
director: Sion Sono / Kiminori Wakasugi actor: Shota Sometani / Kaho …
other title: みんな!エスパーだよ! / Minna! Esper Dayo! …
In Notsu, Oita Prefecture, there are many people with supernatural powers. High school student Yoshio Kamogawa (Shota Sometani) is one of them and can read other people's minds. Yoshio uses his powers for trivial reasons.
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Antiporno (2017) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
アンチポルノ
director: Sion Sono actor: Ami Tomite / Mariko Tsutsui …
other title: Anti-Porno / アンチポルノ
Young artist Kyoko wreaks havoc on everyone that she encounters when Japan's oldest major movie studio asks a batch of venerable filmmakers to revive its high-brow soft-core Roman Porno series.
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Love & Peace (2015) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData Douban
ラブ＆ピース
director: Sion Sono actor: Hiroki Hasegawa / Kumiko Aso …
other title: ラブ＆ピース / Love and Peace …
A man, who once dreamed of becoming a punk rocker, is working as a low salaryman at a musical instrument parts company. He's secretly in love with his colleague. One day, he finds a little turtle on the rooftop, naming it Pikadon.
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Guilty of Romance (2011) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData Douban
恋の罪
director: Sion Sono actor: Makoto Togashi / Megumi Kagurazaka …
other title: El Romance y la Culpa / 恋の罪
In a Tokyo love hotel district, a woman is found dead in a derelict apartment. As police investigate, a romance novelist's wife lives a life that seems simply a daily repetition without romance. To break away from the loveless monotony, she follows her desires and becomes a nude model enacting sex in front of a camera. Soon, she meets a mentor and begins selling her body to strangers, while at home, she hides behind the façade that she's still the doting wife she's supposed to be.
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The Whispering Star (2015) [Movie] TMDB
ひそひそ星
director: Sion Sono actor: Megumi Kagurazaka / Kenji Endo …
other title: ひそひそ星
A humanoid robot deliverywoman muses on the mystery of human nature as she drops off parcels around the galaxy.
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Shinjuku Swan (2015) [Movie] TMDB Douban
新宿スワン
director: Sion Sono actor: Go Ayano / Takayuki Yamada …
other title: 新宿天鹅 / 新宿スワン …
Shiratori Tatsuhiko works as a scout for Burst, a talent agency in Kabukichō, Shinjuku's red light district. In a business where money means everything Tatsuhiko finds himself in a constant struggle between rival talent scouts and the yakuza.
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Tokyo Tribe (2014) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
トウキョウ トライブ
director: Sion Sono actor: Ryohei Suzuki / Young Dais …
other title: トウキョウ トライブ / トーキョー・トライブ
In an alternate Japan, territorial street gangs form opposing factions collectively known as the Tokyo Tribes. The simmering tension between them is about to boil over into all-out war.
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The Room (1992) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
部屋
director: Sion Sono actor: Akaji Maro / Yoriko Doguchi …
other title: 部屋
A quiet killer is looking for a room. The real state agent, shy and expressionless, guides him through Tokyo, towards the ruins the decadent economy has left behind, in hopes of finding The Room.
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Be Sure to Share (2009) [Movie] TMDB
ちゃんと伝える
director: Sion Sono actor: Akira / Eiji Okuda …
other title: ちゃんと伝える
Shiro's struggle with his father's cancer and impending death leads to a realization that he must communicate his love and admiration for him before it's too late. A series of flashbacks reveals their relationship over time, and the trouble Shiro faced connecting to his strict father who was also his teacher and soccer coach. With a consuming secret of his own, Shiro, now in his late twenties and about to get engaged, must eventually learn how to share the pain of it with his loved ones.