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 914,733 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

  • 910k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Sion Sonos by language

Over the past year Sion Sono has had the most page views in the with 314,980 views, followed by English (98,993), and Chinese (27,061). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (159.47%), Swedish (110.89%), and Egyptian Arabic (91.85%)

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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Filmography

Love Exposure
Director
The story of a teenage boy named Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while working as an "up-skirt" photographer in an offshoot of the porn industry. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian – dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with the guilt that's a legacy of his Catholic upbringing.
Jan 31o 20098.009 / 10
Suicide Club
Director
When 54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train it appears to be only the beginning of a string of suicides around the country. Does the new all-girl group Desert have anything to do with it? Detective Kuroda tries to find the answer, which isn't as simple as he had hoped.
Oct 29o 20016.56 / 10
Prisoners of the Ghostland
Director
In the treacherous frontier city of Samurai Town, a ruthless bank robber is sprung from jail by wealthy warlord The Governor, whose adopted granddaughter Bernice has gone missing. The Governor offers the prisoner his freedom in exchange for retrieving the runaway. Strapped into a leather suit that will self-destruct within five days, the bandit sets off on a journey to find the young woman—and his own path to redemption.
Aug 31o 20215.1 / 10