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SION SONO

Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 30, 2021
¡®Red Post on Escher Street¡¯: Sion Sono lets loose in his ode to cinema
Shot in eight days with students from his acting workshop, Sion Sono¡¯s madcap drama features standout performances by up-and-coming actors.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 15, 2021
Sion Sono brings his brand of dystopia to Hollywood in ¡®Prisoners of the Ghostland¡¯
A director known for flouting convention, Sion Sono makes his Hollywood debut with ¡°Prisoners of the Ghostland,¡± starring Nicolas Cage.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 2, 2019
¡®The Forest of Love¡¯: Netflix feature lets Sono be Sono
Sion Sono¡¯s return to filmmaking sees him blend all of his hallmarks into one gore-drenched epic
CULTURE / Film
Apr 11, 2018
¡®The Bastard and the Beautiful World¡¯: Former SMAP stars let loose in a quartet of twisted tales
The members of SMAP, the five-man mega-group that disbanded in December 2016, had their share of hit films, though their central field of operation was always television. Now three of them ¡ª Goro Inagaki, Shingo Katori and Tsuyoshi Kusanagi ¡ª star in a four-part omnibus film with a limited release,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 20, 2017
A courtroom drama, an alien takeover and the lives of sex workers all feature in the best Japanese films of 2017
This year was bad for Japanese films box office-wise, but not quality-wise. Here are my best 10:
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Jun 14, 2017
Sion Sono serves up some blood-sucking fun in ¡®Tokyo Vampire Hotel¡¯
Vampires have been a staple of Western pop culture since Bram Stoker published his best-selling novel ¡°Dracula¡± in 1897. The hit ¡°Twilight¡± series of films (2008-12) made the monsters hot again as millions of teens swooned to the romance of Bella (Kristen Stewart) and ageless vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson)....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 19, 2017
Sion Sono swan dives into Shinjuku¡¯s chaos
Celebrated abroad for films that mash up everything from extreme sex and gore to Christian imagery and classical music, Sion Sono has emerged as one of the most distinctive directors in Japanese cinema this century.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 12, 2016
¡®Sion Sono: The Whispering Star¡¯
April 3-July 10
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 7, 2015
Asia¡¯s most important film festival reasserts its independence
Celebrating its 20th year, the 2015 edition of the Busan International Film Festival, held in South Korea¡¯s southern port city from Oct. 1 to 10, has a lot to brag about, as it has definitely become the most important film festival in Asia in terms of the quality of its programming, the size and reach...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 8, 2015
Mass murder and Sion Sono
A disturbed individual kills, and the media searches for reasons why. Sometimes, the killer obligingly cites a pop culture phenomenon as inspiration. Mark David Chapman, the man who shot John Lennon, saw himself as the living embodiment of Holden Caulfield, the hero of J.D. Salinger¡¯s ¡°The Catcher in...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 1, 2015
Sion Sono is back with buckets of blood and a three-faced heroine in ¡®Tag¡¯
Sion Sono is a director of extremes ¡ª including an extreme dislike of being categorized. Just when you thought you had him pegged as a maker of violent black comedies with classical music scores, such as ¡°Ai no Mukidashi¡°(¡°Love Exposure¡°), he turns out heartfelt, albeit still violent, dramas with nuclear...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 4, 2015
In the cinematic wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster
In January 2013 Eiga Geijutsu magazine released its annual ¡°Best 10 and Worst 10¡± lists. The two worst films of 2012, as chosen by the magazine¡¯s panel of critics, were Sion Sono¡¯s ¡°Himizu¡± and ¡°Kibo no Kuni (Land of Hope).¡± The former is about a teenage boy (Shota Sometani) driven to violence by his...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 3, 2014
A quarter century of Japanese films in review
In 25 years of reviewing Japanese films and interviewing Japanese filmmakers for this newspaper, I¡¯ve written 1 million words, give or take a few. This is clearly something no normal person would do, but for me it beats working.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 27, 2014
Bloody hip-hop war set in technicolored Tokyo
A Japanese hip-hop musical? How about a samurai swashbuckler set on the streets of Compton, California? But Sion Sono makes his new film, ¡°Tokyo Tribe,¡± more than an oddity of cultural appropriation. Truth be told, I felt queasy as the story, based on a manga by Santa Inoue, began to unfold in a crime-ridden...
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Head of Swiss euthanasia firm dies after collapsing while ascending Mount Fuji
Around 200,000 people typically scale the 3,776 meter Mount Fuji each year.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

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