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Sion Sono

1961 - Today

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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", a "stakhanovist filmmaker" with an "idiosyncratic" career. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sion Sono is the 1,004th most popular film director (down from 817th in 2019), the 1,291st most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,073rd in 2019) and the 45th most popular Japanese Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Sion Sono ranks 1,004 out of 2,041. Before him are Xie Jin, Ágnes Hranitzky, Eugeniusz Bodo, Yasushi Akimoto, Gareth Evans, and Ben Sharpsteen. After him are Antonio Pietrangeli, Nanni Loy, Candida Royalle, Michael Hoffman, Alexander Mackendrick, and John Berry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Sion Sono ranks 246. Before him are Abhijit Banerjee, Matjaž Kek, Wynton Marsalis, Aaron Sorkin, Masamune Shirow, and José Luis Cuciuffo. After him are Boško Gjurovski, Brendan Eich, Yuri Malenchenko, Gabrielle Carteris, Abderrahmane Sissako, and Anna Oxa.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Sion Sono ranks 1,291 out of 6,245. Before him are Kazuo Imanishi (1941), Masamune Shirow (1961), Yasushi Akimoto (1958), Sakyo Komatsu (1931), Kenichi Ohmae (1943), and Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu (1875). After him are Kimiko Shiratori (1968), Haruko Sugimura (1909), Masahiro Akimoto (1979), Momoe Yamaguchi (1959), Hiroki Kosai (1933), and Eijun Kiyokumo (1950).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Sion Sono ranks 45. Before him are Masato Harada (1949), Shinya Tsukamoto (1960), Hideo Nakata (1961), Juzo Itami (1933), Tadashi Imai (1912), and Yasushi Akimoto (1958). After him are Yasuzo Masumura (1924), Kihachi Okamoto (1924), Kei Kumai (1930), Masaaki Yuasa (1965), Shunji Iwai (1963), and Yōjirō Takita (1955).

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