Sion Sono

Sion Sono
Sono in 2015
Born (1961-12-18) December 18, 1961
Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan
Other namesTakayuki Yamamoto
Occupation(s)Poet, film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, film composer, actor, film producer
SpouseMegumi Kagurazaka

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.