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 714,789 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Sion Sono is the 891st most popular film director (up from 916th in 2019), the 1,046th most popular biography from Japan and the 35th most popular Japanese Film Director.

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  • 710k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Sion Sono ranks 891 out of 1,580. Before him are Yevgeni Bauer, Ronny Yu, Gianfranco Parolini, Cristian Mungiu, Karel Kachyňa, and Arturo Ripstein. After him are Laura Mulvey, John Grierson, Ari Folman, Revaz Chkheidze, Michel Boisrond, and Yuri Ozerov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Sion Sono ranks 168. Before him are Wynton Marsalis, Kōichi Yamadera, Steve Holmes, Samantha Bond, Maia Chiburdanidze, and Veselin Vujović. After him are Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lars Olsen, Mokgweetsi Masisi, Joanne Whalley, Denis Lavant, and Janet McTeer.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Sion Sono ranks 1,046 out of 5,560. Before him are Susumu Hirasawa (1954), Tetsuo Sugamata (1957), Nobuo Fujishima (1950), Nobuko Jashima (1959), Ikuo Takahara (1957), and Shinji Okazaki (1986). After him are Takeshi Urata (1947), Hiro Mashima (1977), Hirotugu Akaike (1927), Hiroshi Ochiai (1946), Chiaki Mukai (1952), and Yumi Matsutoya (1954).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Sion Sono ranks 35. Before him are Gorō Miyazaki (1967), Yoshiaki Kawajiri (1950), Mamoru Hosoda (1967), Shinobu Hashimoto (1918), Tadashi Imai (1912), and Yasushi Akimoto (1958). After him are Kei Kumai (1930), Hideo Nakata (1961), Shinichirō Watanabe (1965), Yōjirō Takita (1955), Hiromasa Yonebayashi (1973), and Naomi Kawase (1969).

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Filmography

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