FILM DIRECTOR

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sion Sono has received more than 972,944 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Sion Sono is the 817th most popular film director (down from 717th in 2019), the 1,073rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 946th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Japanese Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 970k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Sion Sono ranks 817 out of 2,041. Before him are Vladimir Gardin, Gulzar, Matthew Vaughn, Ari Folman, Edgar Reitz, and Aleksander Ford. After him are Sean S. Cunningham, Andrew Davis, Urban Gad, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Ernest B. Schoedsack, and Max Fleischer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Sion Sono ranks 177. Before him are Janet McTeer, Chendo, Arundhati Roy, Jaroslav Šilhavý, Rodrigo Chaves Robles, and Sergio Scariolo. After him are Denis Lavant, Martina Gedeck, Pumpuang Duangjan, Thomas Schaaf, Valentin Ivanov, and Anthony Wong.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Sion Sono ranks 1,073 out of 6,245. Before him are Takeshi Urata (1947), Ayumi Hamasaki (1978), Shoji Nishio (1927), Takayuki Kuwata (1941), Sekiryo Kaneda (1901), and Minoru Chiaki (1917). After him are Kenichi Ohmae (1943), Shinichi Hoshi (1926), Haruhiko Kuroda (1944), Tadahiko Ueda (1947), Kanō Tan'yū (1602), and Goro Yamada (1894).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Sion Sono ranks 37. Before him are Mamoru Hosoda (1967), Yoji Yamada (1931), Keisuke Kinoshita (1912), Yoshiaki Kawajiri (1950), Tomoyuki Tanaka (1910), and Yasuzo Masumura (1924). After him are Shinobu Hashimoto (1918), Tadashi Imai (1912), Yasushi Akimoto (1958), Masato Harada (1949), Yoshishige Yoshida (1933), and Hideo Nakata (1961).

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