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- DirectorSion SonoStarsJoe OdagiriJai WestMotoki FukamiFaced by a society of criminals, these three youths avenge their rights.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 - DirectorSion SonoStarsTakahiro NishijimaHikari MitsushimaSakura AndôA bizarre love triangle forms between a young Catholic upskirt photographer, a misandric girl and a manipulative cultist.My review: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1128075/reviews-41
- DirectorSion SonoStarsChiaki KuriyamaMegumi SatôTsugumiAbout hair extensions that attack the women that wear them.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsMasumi MiyazakiIssei IshidaRie KuwanaThe 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.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsRyo IshibashiMasatoshi NagaseMai HoshoA detective is trying to find the cause of a string of suicides.9/10
- DirectorSion SonoStarsJun KunimuraFumi NikaidôShin'ichi TsutsumiA renegade film crew becomes embroiled with a yakuza clan feud.My review: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2409302/reviews-12
- DirectorSion SonoStarsMiki MizunoMakoto TogashiMegumi KagurazakaA 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 investigate on this case, she will discover the story of two women who, despite appearing respectable on the outside have all manner of darkness hidden away.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsMitsuru FukikoshiDendenAsuka KurosawaThe 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.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsKazue FukiishiTsugumiYuriko YoshitakaA 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", which grows darker after the mass suicide of 54 high school girls.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsReina TriendlMariko ShinodaErina ManoA 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 life.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsRyohei SuzukiYoung DaisNana SeinoIn 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.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsTetsushi TanakaYûna NatsuoJun MurakamiLow-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.My review: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0456748/reviews-1
- DirectorSion SonoStarsShôta SometaniFumi NikaidôTetsu WatanabeAfter two teenagers from abusive households befriend each other, their lives take a dark adventure into existentialism, despair, and human frailty.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsHiroki HasegawaKumiko AsôMotoki FukamiBullied 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.
- StarsAmi TomiteKahoHirotatsu TerabayashiManami 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.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsTokyo GagagaYûya IshikawaTakeshi Itô"BAD FILM" is a legendary production that was shot in 1995 over course of year, but went unfinished due to funding difficulties.My review: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw7490968/?ref_=tt_urv
- DirectorSion SonoStarsIsao NatsuyagiNaoko OhtaniJun MurakamiAn 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.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsMotoki FukamiYukie KawamuraTomoharu HasegawaMitsuko 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 after. Five years later, "Murakami was in a traffic accident" starts to go around between the circle members, and for that reason the members reunite and hold again a large banquet in order to remember Murakami and the days in the Club.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsAmi TomiteMariko TsutsuiFujikoJapan's oldest major movie studio asks a batch of venerable filmmakers to revive its high-brow soft-core Roman Porno series.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsKenji EndoYûto IkedaMegumi KagurazakaA 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.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsSaeko NakajoTakumi SaitôKoji SekiA 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 distance of 2 meters, with this new ferocious virus the distance had to be of at least 50 meters. Otomi was born inside his house and has never been outside. One day he hears a strange noise and leaves the house for the first time in his life.[SHORT]
- DirectorSion SonoStarsAkiraEiji OkudaAyumi ItoShiro 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 as it took form and evolved, the difficulties, the temperaments and how the man acted as his son's coach and instructor. Shiro has information he is concealing though and must take a step in that regard as well.8/10
- DirectorSion SonoStarsShinichirô ArakawaNobuyoshi ArakiKazushi FuekiThis 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.
- StarsKippei ShînaShinnosuke MitsushimaEri KamatakiNothing is as it seems when a charismatic conman and an aspiring film crew delve into the lives of two emotionally scarred women.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsMala MorganGarrett CassellSen FujimaruIt follows a filmmaker who holds auditions for his next project. Several of the actors who fail to win roles participate as extras.
- CreatorKiminori WakasugiStarsShôta SometaniKahoErina ManoIt 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 are both from the area and one who has moved there from Tokyo, to put their powers to use.[TV SERIES (6 EPISODES)]
- DirectorSion SonoStarsErika SawajiriGô AyanoKôsuke ToyoharaA 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.
- DirectorYûichi KodamaSion SonoKenji YamauchiStarsTadanobu AsanoMegumi KagurazakaShinnosuke MitsushimaThe 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 meet a talented pianist on the way. (2) A mysterious relationship between a little girl, Utagui, who eats songs to live, and an artist who can't sing anymore. (3) A married couple sets off on a journey to find the right arm of their dead son. They finally reached a beach in Okinawa and find...? (4) Bastards comes together on a night dance floor for a show.[SEGMENT: "Don't Shoot the Pianist!"]
- DirectorSion SonoStarsNicolas CageSofia BoutellaNick CassavetesA notorious criminal must break an evil curse in order to rescue an abducted girl who has mysteriously disappeared.
- DirectorSion SonoShinichiro ArakawaStarsMasatoshi NagaseKumiko AsôTakuji SuzukiA color-blind man decides to have an operation to cure his vision.[SHORT]
- 8.8 (10)TV Mini Series
- DirectorSion SonoStarsAkira FujiwaraMichiko HidaHiromi KawanishiA story of the restrictions of family life, the desire to break free, restlessness, helplessness and the fear of becoming an adult.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsKippei ShînaShinnosuke MitsushimaKyoko HinamiA 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.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsKeiko SuzukiKeiko 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 record this period of time in the most accurate way possible, regardless of how lonely or banal this record ends up being.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsYûsuke AraiKenta ArimaKokoro AsamiOn 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.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsMika AkizukiTokio EmotoMotoki FukamiAfter 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.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsSakura AndôKeisuke HoribeLorena KotôKoike 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.
- DirectorBat for LashesGael García BernalAnurag KashyapStarsRadhika ApteKathryn BeckJustina BustosA global anthology film featuring innovative love stories from the some of the world's most visionary directors.[SEGMENT: "Love of Love"]
- DirectorSion SonoStarsSion SonoMasahiro SugiyamaHiroko YamamotoUnder-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 entrance exam is the main problem. Shiro, however, is more interested in finishing a super-8 movie they had begun in secondary school than studying. But Keita feels more pressure on him to pass, and can't share Shiro's enthusiasm. To further complicate Keita's life, he hears that Kyoko, his ex-girlfriend, is coming back for a visit from her studies in Tokyo.6/10
- DirectorSion SonoStarsAkira HagiwaraFumihiro HayashiMitsuru KuramotoTwo 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.[SHORT]
- StarsMaki KubotaJoe OdagiriKumiko AsôOne 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, (who is actually in love with Kiriyama), Kiriyama solves those cases as his hobby. He still gives the "I won't tell anyone" card to the culprits.[TV SERIES (2 Episodes)]
- StarsJoe OdagiriKumiko AsôKôsuke ToyoharaKiriyama 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 legal time frame (statute of limitations) i.e. the culprit cannot be charged even if he/she is caught, he investigates the cases without permission with the aim of "confirming" the culprit only. Some characteristics of this character would be his dark green spectacles, his wallet containing 20,000 yen at all times and he likes udon and nyuumen.[TV SERIES (2 Episodes)]
- DirectorSion SonoStarsHiromi KawanishiSion Sono[SHORT]
- DirectorSion SonoStarsShôta SometaniErina ManoMakita SportsHigh 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.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsAkaji MaroYoriko DôguchiShirô SanoA 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.5/10
- DirectorSion SonoStarsTakeshi ItôKenji KuroiwaYusuke HoriA series of special situations involves a gay cop who encounters ambiguous, erotic games and sex between strangers. Filmed entirely without dialogue.
- DirectorSion SonoAccompanied by the insistent shrilling of an alarm clock and by two love songs, a young man struggles to wake up.[SHORT]
- DirectorSion SonoStarsYûya IshikawaYû KanzakiSion SonoAbout 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.
- DirectorReiko SaitoSion SonoShô TsukikawaStarsHiroshi AikawaKo KudoAkane KurosawaIn 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 retrieved. Whether an act of maturity, independence, sexual liberation or just to cool off panties are airborne.[SEGMENT: "When I Grow Up"]
- DirectorSion SonoStarsHiromi KawanishiSion SonoA 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.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsYôko HigashiNaoyo NakamuraAi Sasaki
- DirectorHala AbdallahJohn AkomfrahWang BingStarsJessica AlexanderBernardo BertolucciLola CrétonSeventy short films about cinema and its future.(No Rating)/10
[SEGMENT: "Cinema's Future is My Future"] - DirectorSion Sono[SHORT]
- DirectorSion SonoStarsNoboru IguchiKomachi MurasakiRemi[SHORT]