Sion Sono Ranked
by Grethiwha | created - 23 Aug 2016 | updated - 17 Mar 2023 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Hazard (2005)
103 min | Crime, Drama
Faced by a society of criminals, these three youths avenge their rights.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Joe Odagiri, Jai West, Motoki Fukami, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
Votes: 842
10/10
My review (originally posted here to this list in May 2017, before IMDb lifted its 1000-word limit on user reviews): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0798722/reviews-2
2. Love Exposure (2008)
Unrated | 237 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
A bizarre love triangle forms between a young Catholic upskirt photographer, a misandric girl and a manipulative cultist.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Takahiro Nishijima, Hikari Mitsushima, Sakura Andô, Yutaka Shimizu
Votes: 15,886
My review: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1128075/reviews-41
3. Exte: Hair Extensions (2007)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Horror
About hair extensions that attack the women that wear them.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Chiaki Kuriyama, Megumi Satô, Tsugumi, Eri Machimoto
Votes: 3,350
4. Strange Circus (2005)
Unrated | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The erotic novelist Taeko is writing a morbid story of a family destroyed by incest, murder and abuse. Her assistant, Yuji, sets on a mission to uncover the reality of this story, but the reality might be too much to bear.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Masumi Miyazaki, Issei Ishida, Rie Kuwana, Seiko Iwaidô
Votes: 6,252
5. Suicide Club (2001)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A detective is trying to find the cause of a string of suicides.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Ryo Ishibashi, Masatoshi Nagase, Mai Hosho, Tamao Satô
Votes: 22,203
9/10
6. Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)
Not Rated | 129 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A renegade film crew becomes embroiled with a yakuza clan feud.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Jun Kunimura, Fumi Nikaidô, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Hiroki Hasegawa
Votes: 8,980 | Gross: $0.03M
My review: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2409302/reviews-12
7. Guilty of Romance (2011)
144 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
A grisly murder occurs in Maruyama-cho, Shibuya, Tokyo - a love hotel district - a woman was found dead in a derelict apartment. Kazuko (Miki Mizuno) is a police officer called to ... See full summary »
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Miki Mizuno, Makoto Togashi, Megumi Kagurazaka, Kazuya Kojima
Votes: 5,833
8. Cold Fish (2010)
Not Rated | 146 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
The lives of a bored suburban couple are changed forever when a seemingly nice old man gives their daughter a job at his fish store, and soon his gruesome hobbies are brought to light.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Denden, Asuka Kurosawa, Megumi Kagurazaka
Votes: 14,511
9. Noriko's Dinner Table (2005)
Not Rated | 159 min | Drama, Horror
A teenager called Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Tokoyama, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's "family circle", ... See full summary »
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Kazue Fukiishi, Tsugumi, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Shirô Namiki
Votes: 4,989
10. Tag (2015)
85 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
A girl's life cascades into chaos as everyone around her suffers a gruesome fate while she becomes less certain of who she is and her once-once normal.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Reina Triendl, Mariko Shinoda, Erina Mano, Yuki Sakurai
Votes: 8,085
11. Tokyo Tribe (2014)
R | 116 min | Action, Musical
In an alternate Japan, territorial street gangs form opposing factions collectively known as the Tokyo Tribes. Merra, leader of the Wu-Ronz tribe of Bukuro crosses the line to conquer all of Tokyo. The war begins.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Ryohei Suzuki, Young Dais, Nana Seino, Shunsuke Daitô
Votes: 3,645
12. Yume no naka e (2005)
103 min | Comedy, Drama
Low-profile theater troop actor Mutsugoro Suzuki begins an oneiric journey back to his hometown, marked by his quest to find the one responsible of infecting him with a STD.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Tetsushi Tanaka, Yûna Natsuo, Jun Murakami, Joe Odagiri
Votes: 349
My review: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0456748/reviews-1
13. Himizu (2011)
129 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After two teenagers from abusive households befriend each other, their lives take a dark adventure into existentialism, despair, and human frailty.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Shôta Sometani, Fumi Nikaidô, Tetsu Watanabe, Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Votes: 4,702
14. Love & Peace (2015)
117 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Bullied and diminished by his fellow employees, demure and bashful Ryoichi Suzuki finds support in an unusual friendship with a turtle. Together they will share many adventures and finally conquer the world.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Hiroki Hasegawa, Kumiko Asô, Motoki Fukami, Suidôbashi Hakase
Votes: 1,306
15. Tokyo Vampire Hotel (2017)
390 min | Drama, Horror
Manami is targeted by vampires on her 22nd birthday and K, who possesses tremendous power, tries to save her in a raging battle. On that day, young men and women are invited to the hotel where a huge matchmaking convention is being held.
Stars: Ami Tomite, Kaho, Hirotatsu Terabayashi, Megumi Kagurazaka
Votes: 697
16. Bad Film (2012)
161 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
"BAD FILM" is a legendary production that was shot in 1995 over course of year, but went unfinished due to funding difficulties.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Tokyo Gagaga, Yûya Ishikawa, Takeshi Itô, Kôta Mori
Votes: 220
My review: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw7490968/?ref_=tt_urv
17. The Land of Hope (2012)
Not Rated | 133 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
An earth-quake causes a nuclear crisis in a fictive Japanese prefecture. In wake of the disaster, the members of the Ono family who reside just outside the border of the mandatory evacuation zone face uncertainty.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Isao Natsuyagi, Naoko Ohtani, Jun Murakami, Megumi Kagurazaka
Votes: 1,264
18. Balloon Club Revisited (2006)
93 min | Drama
Mitsuko Murakami puts the passion to balloon in the hot-air balloon Circle "Airheads". The club gathered young people holding a variety of thoughts. But "Airheads" is disbanded not too long... See full summary »
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Motoki Fukami, Yukie Kawamura, Tomoharu Hasegawa, Hiromi Nagasaku
Votes: 144
19. Antiporno (2016)
Not Rated | 76 min | Drama, Horror
Japan's oldest major movie studio asks a batch of venerable filmmakers to revive its high-brow soft-core Roman Porno series.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Ami Tomite, Mariko Tsutsui, Fujiko, Sayaka Kotani
Votes: 5,002
20. The Whispering Star (2015)
100 min | Sci-Fi
A feminine android delivers packages to the scattered humans in the galaxy. With years to spare the android and us have time to contemplate what it is to be human.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Kenji Endo, Yûto Ikeda, Megumi Kagurazaka, Kôko Mori
Votes: 1,283
21. Kokoduna 19-ji (2020)
38 min | Short, Drama
A new and more contagious virus emerged after COVID-19 and forced Japan to live an even more severe self-restraint. During the time of COVID-19 it was necessary to maintain a social ... See full summary »
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Saeko Nakajo, Takumi Saitô, Koji Seki, Fumina Suzuki
Votes: 40
[SHORT]
22. Be Sure to Share (2009)
109 min | Drama
Shiro is twenty-seven years old and is tormented by his father's terminal cancer diagnosis. He copes by communicating his care and love to his father. We see the father and son relationship... See full summary »
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Akira, Eiji Okuda, Ayumi Ito, Keiko Takahashi
Votes: 465
8/10
23. The Real Body (2000)
110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
This faux-documentary follows a butoh master, a fashion designer, and a filmmaker racing against time to create art and help a young girl in love.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Shinichirô Arakawa, Nobuyoshi Araki, Kazushi Fueki, Ginji
Votes: 259
24. The Forest of Love: Deep Cut (2020)
40 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Nothing is as it seems when a charismatic conman and an aspiring film crew delve into the lives of two emotionally scarred women.
Stars: Kippei Shîna, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Eri Kamataki, Kyoko Hinami
Votes: 603
25. Red Post on Escher Street (2020)
148 min | Comedy, Drama
It follows a filmmaker who holds auditions for his next project. Several of the actors who fail to win roles participate as extras.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Mala Morgan, Garrett Cassell, Sen Fujimaru, Tomoko Fujita
Votes: 965
26. Everyone Is Psychic! (2013– )
29 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
It happens that many inhabitants of Oita Prefecture in southern Japan have extrasensory powers. One student can read others' minds. he is not alone, however, and soon bands with others, who... See full summary »
Stars: Shôta Sometani, Kaho, Erina Mano, Makita Sports
Votes: 279
[TV SERIES (6 EPISODES)]
27. Shinjuku Swan (2015)
139 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A down-and-out man finds a new job in Tokyo's red-light district as a scout who recruits women to work in the adult-entertainment business.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Erika Sawajiri, Gô Ayano, Kôsuke Toyohara, Takayuki Yamada
Votes: 1,260
28. The Bastard and the Beautiful World (2018)
105 min | Drama
The Bastard and the Beautiful World is an omnibus film consisting of four episodes. (1) Fujiko is running as fast as she can, being chased after by a creepy masked man called Mad Dog. They ... See full summary »
Directors: Yûichi Kodama, Sion Sono, Kenji Yamauchi, Hikari Ôta | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Megumi Kagurazaka, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Fumika Baba
Votes: 103
[SEGMENT: "Don't Shoot the Pianist!"]
29. Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021)
103 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
A notorious criminal must break an evil curse in order to rescue an abducted girl who has mysteriously disappeared.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Sofia Boutella, Nick Cassavetes, Bill Moseley
Votes: 14,042
30. I Am Sono Sion! (1985)
35 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
A free-wheeling intimate cinematic journal in which the artist contemplates his life as he approaches his birthday. He reads a few poems and spends time with his friends while thinking about his everyday life.
Director: Sion Sono | Star: Sion Sono
Votes: 151
7/10 [SHORT]
31. 0cm4 (2001)
22 min | Short, Drama
A color-blind man decides to have an operation to cure his vision.
Directors: Sion Sono, Shinichiro Arakawa | Stars: Masatoshi Nagase, Kumiko Asô, Takuji Suzuki
Votes: 93
[SHORT]
32. Love Exposure: The TV-Show
Comedy, Drama
Stars: Sakura Andô, Hikari Mitsushima, Takahiro Nishijima, Atsuro Watabe
Votes: 9
33. A Man's Flower Road (1987)
110 min | Drama
A story of the restrictions of family life, the desire to break free, restlessness, helplessness and the fear of becoming an adult.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Akira Fujiwara, Michiko Hida, Hiromi Kawanishi, Yamamoto Kotetsu
Votes: 92
34. The Forest of Love (2019)
TV-MA | 151 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A small group of student filmmakers and a shy young girl with strict parents are simultaneously manipulated, seduced and abused by an older man. They follow his bidding, even when murder is involved.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Kippei Shîna, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Kyoko Hinami, Eri Kamataki
Votes: 2,954
35. I Am Keiko (1997)
61 min | Drama
Keiko Suzuki is a lonely waitress in Tokyo. Her father passes away of cancer and she becomes obsessed with the passage of time. And so, three weeks before her 22nd birthday, she decides to ... See full summary »
Director: Sion Sono | Star: Keiko Suzuki
Votes: 337
36. Shinjuku Swan II (2017)
133 min | Action, Crime, Drama
On this second movie, Tatsuhiko Shiratori moves to Yokohama from Shinjuku, Tokyo. He comes into conflict with Masaki Taki who is the CEO of a scout company.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Yûsuke Arai, Kenta Arima, Kokoro Asami, Tadanobu Asano
Votes: 289
37. Everyone Is Psychic!: The Movie (2015)
114 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
After receiving a cosmic blast while masturbating, a virginal teenager gains psychic powers and joins a group of ESP virgins in order to defend the world from evil psychics.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Mika Akizuki, Tokio Emoto, Motoki Fukami, Mizuki Hoshina
Votes: 1,090
38. Make the Last Wish (2009)
109 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Koike Minami returns from USA to Japan to accomplish her deceased twin sister's wish to win a competition and sing with Avril Lavigne on the stage in a concert in Tokyo.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Sakura Andô, Keisuke Horibe, Lorena Kotô, Mitsuru Kuramoto
Votes: 95
39. Madly (2016)
R | 106 min | Drama, Romance
A global anthology film featuring innovative love stories from the some of the world's most visionary directors.
Directors: Bat for Lashes, Gael García Bernal, Anurag Kashyap, Sebastián Silva, Sion Sono, Mia Wasikowska | Stars: Radhika Apte, Kathryn Beck, Justina Bustos, Zoë Castle
Votes: 239
[SEGMENT: "Love of Love"]
40. Jitensha toiki (1990)
93 min | Drama
Under-achievers Shiro and Keita manage to survive delivering newspapers. They are otherwise on their own since their peers had all left for university three years earlier. Passing the ... See full summary »
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Sion Sono, Masahiro Sugiyama, Hiroko Yamamoto, Hiromi Kawanishi
Votes: 137
6/10
41. Father's Day (2003)
13 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Two girls and their partners want to visit their father to celebrate Father's Day. However, instead of happy meeting, they will be forced to experience inexplicable things.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Akira Hagiwara, Fumihiro Hayashi, Mitsuru Kuramoto, Takuji Suzuki
Votes: 62
[SHORT]
42. Before Prescription Police (2007– )
Drama
One year has past, Kiriyama works at the same police station and he is still interested in unsolved cases which belong to the statute of limitations. Together with his assistance Mizazuki, ... See full summary »
Stars: Maki Kubota, Joe Odagiri, Kumiko Asô, Kôsuke Toyohara
Votes: 118
[TV SERIES (2 Episodes)]
43. Prescription Police (2006– )
Comedy
Kiriyama Shuichiro works as an information management officer in the prefectural police station. As he is very observant and has interest in the unresolved cases which have gone past the ... See full summary »
Stars: Joe Odagiri, Kumiko Asô, Kôsuke Toyohara, Eri Fuse
Votes: 251
[TV SERIES (2 Episodes)]
44. Love (1986)
31 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Hiromi Kawanishi, Sion Sono
Votes: 38
[SHORT]
45. Minna! Esper Dayo!: Bangai hen Esper Miyako e iku (2015 TV Movie)
70 min | Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
High school student Yoshio Kamogawa suddenly gained the power to read other people's minds. One day, he receives mail from Sae Asami in Tokyo asking for his help.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Shôta Sometani, Erina Mano, Makita Sports, Motoki Fukami
Votes: 63
46. The Room (1992)
92 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Akaji Maro, Yoriko Dôguchi, Shirô Sano, Sayoko Takahashi
Votes: 279
5/10
47. Dankon: The Man (1998)
60 min | Crime
A series of special situations involves a gay cop who encounters ambiguous, erotic games and sex between strangers. Filmed entirely without dialogue.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Takeshi Itô, Kenji Kuroiwa, Yusuke Hori, Yûya Ishikawa
Votes: 70
48. Love Songs (1984)
9 min | Short
Accompanied by the insistent shrilling of an alarm clock and by two love songs, a young man struggles to wake up.
Director: Sion Sono
Votes: 101
[SHORT]
49. Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Urns with the Female Body (2000)
59 min | Comedy
About a pottery workshop run by Ms. Namie. Her students want to become as skilled as her, and she teach them that the key to good pottery is love.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Yûya Ishikawa, Yû Kanzaki, Sion Sono, Atsuko Suzuki
Votes: 137
50. No-Pants Girls: Movie Box-ing2 (2004)
51 min
In an omnibus of three segments, three directors all point the camera at girls who depose of their panties. Many land in front of others, many land in the water, many get lost and a few are... See full summary »
Directors: Reiko Saito, Sion Sono, Shô Tsukikawa | Stars: Hiroshi Aikawa, Ko Kudo, Akane Kurosawa, Arisa Matsunaga
Votes: 61
[SEGMENT: "When I Grow Up"]
51. Decisive Match! Girls Dorm Against Boys Dorm (1988)
90 min
A world-class marathon becomes the clashes between the women's and a men's dormitory. Armed with toy machineguns and pistols, the young people challenge each other.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Hiromi Kawanishi, Sion Sono
Votes: 60
52. Kaze (1998)
26 min | Short
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Yôko Higashi, Naoyo Nakamura, Ai Sasaki, Keiko Suzuki
Votes: 50
53. Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)
120 min | Documentary, Drama
Seventy short films about cinema and its future.
Directors: Hala Abdallah, John Akomfrah, Wang Bing, Catherine Breillat, Júlio Bressane, Rama Burshtein, Antonio Capuano, Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Isabel Coixet, Amiel Courtin-Wilson, Claire Denis, Lav Diaz, Amit Dutta, Aleksey Fedorchenko, Frédéric Fonteyne, James Franco, Lluís Galter, Haile Gerima, Aleksey German Jr., Amos Gitai, Benoît Jacquot, Zhangke Jia, Kim Ki-duk, Abbas Kiarostami, Pablo Larraín, Tobias Lindholm, Guido Lombardi, Jazmín López, Samuel Maoz, Pietro Marcello, Brillante Mendoza, Celina Murga, Amir Naderi, Shirin Neshat, Nicolás Pereda, Franco Piavoli, Giuseppe Piccioni, João Pedro Rodrigues, Walter Salles, Paul Schrader, Ulrich Seidl, Luca Severi, Jean-Marie Straub, Tusi Tamasese, Tariq Teguia, Pablo Trapero, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Teresa Villaverde, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Andrew Wonder, Yonfan, Krzysztof Zanussi, Karim Aïnouz, Bernardo Bertolucci, Jan Cvitkovic, Atom Egoyan, Davide Ferrario, Monte Hellman, Semih Kaplanoglu, Marlen Khutsiev, Yorgos Lanthimos, Milcho Manchevski, Franco Maresco, Salvatore Mereu, Ermanno Olmi, Michele Placido, Edgar Reitz, Hong Sang-soo, Todd Solondz, Sion Sono, Kounosuke Tsukamoto, Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Shekhar Kapur, Heeraz Marfatia | Stars: Jessica Alexander, Bernardo Bertolucci, Lola Créton, Haile Gerima
Votes: 395
(No Rating)/10
[SEGMENT: "Cinema's Future is My Future"]
55. Reflect on That Boys (1989 Video)
41 min | Short, Adult
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Noboru Iguchi, Komachi Murasaki, Remi, Sion Sono
[SHORT]
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