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    Shinjuku Swan 2015 POSTER

    Shinjuku Swan

    2015

    Japanese

    6.0

    12

    95%

    Action

    based on manga

    Comedy

    Crime

    Drama

    live action adaptation

    live action adaptation of manga

    outlaw

    yakuza

    Sion Sono Sion Sono Director Young Dais Young Dais as Erika Sawajiri Erika Sawajiri as Ageha Yûsuke Iseya Yûsuke Iseya as Matora Ken Yasuda Ken Yasuda as Matsukata
    Shiratori Tatsuhiko works as a scout for Burst, a talent agency in Kabukichō, Shinjuku's red light district. In a business where money means everything Tatsuhiko finds himself in a constant struggle between rival talent scouts and the yakuza.
    Antiporno 2016 POSTER

    Antiporno

    2016

    Japanese

    6.3

    54

    81%

    63%

    Action

    Drama

    Horror

    japan

    pornography

    roman porno

    sex scandal

    strong female characters

    swearing

    Sion Sono Sion Sono Director Asami Asami as Ayaka Sasaki Ayaka Sasaki as Manami Usamaru Manami Usamaru as Ami Tomite Ami Tomite as Kyôko
    Young artist Kyoko wreaks havoc on everyone that she encounters when Japan's oldest major movie studio asks a batch of venerable filmmakers to revive its high-brow soft-core Roman Porno series.
    Tokyo Tribe 2014 POSTER

    Tokyo Tribe

    2014

    Japanese

    6.4

    9

    58%

    46%

    Action

    Fantasy

    gang

    hip-hop

    katana

    musical

    Musical

    sword fight

    yakuza

    Sion Sono Sion Sono Director Yuki Izumisawa Yuki Izumisawa as Yoshihiro Takayama Yoshihiro Takayama as Bouncer Young Dais Young Dais as Kai Deguchi Nana Seino Nana Seino as Sunmi / Erika
    In an alternate Japan, territorial street gangs form opposing factions collectively known as the Tokyo Tribes. The simmering tension between them is about to boil over into all-out war.
    Balloon Club Revisited 2006 POSTER

    Balloon Club Revisited

    2006

    Japanese

    6.2

    1

    accidental death

    Action

    Drama

    Sion Sono Sion Sono Director Noriko Eguchi Noriko Eguchi as Tamae Andô Tamae Andô as Issei Ishida Issei Ishida as Tomoharu Hasegawa Tomoharu Hasegawa as Murakami
    Mitsuko Murakami puts the passion to balloon in the hot-air balloon Circle "Airheads". The club gathered young people holding a variety of thoughts. But "Airheads" is disbanded not too long. Five years after their time in the Balloon Club ended, the members' former club leader brings them back together and rekindles old flames.
    Tokyo Vampire Hotel 2017 POSTER

    Tokyo Vampire Hotel

    2017

    Japanese

    5.9

    3

    71%

    58%

    beheading

    blood splatter

    Fantasy

    Horror

    romania

    tokyo, japan

    vampire

    Sion Sono Sion Sono Director Arisa Komiya Arisa Komiya as Yuka Someya Yuka Someya as Yumi Adachi Yumi Adachi as Empress / Princess Kaho Kaho as K
    Manami is captured by blood thirsty trigger happy vampires, and taken to their hotel, where they keep prisoners as future meals. They are all instructed to find a partner to survive, when a vampire clan from Transylvania interferes.
    The Bastard and the Beautiful World 2018 POSTER

    The Bastard and the Beautiful World

    2018

    Japanese

    4.9

    2

    Action

    Drama

    japanese film

    Sion Sono Sion Sono Director Gorô Inagaki Gorô Inagaki as Tsuyoshi Kusanagi Tsuyoshi Kusanagi as Tadanobu Asano Tadanobu Asano as Daimon Machiko Ono Machiko Ono as Yuko
    The Bastard and the Beautiful World is an omnibus film consisting of four episodes. Fujiko is running as fast as she can, being chased after by a creepy masked man called Mad Dog. They meet a talented pianist on the way. A mysterious relationship develops between Utagui, a little girl who eats songs to live and an artist who can't sing anymore. A married couple sets off on a journey to find the right arm of their dead son. As they finally reach a beach in Okinawa, they find? Bastards come together on a night dancefloor for a show.
    Strange Circus 2005 POSTER

    Strange Circus

    2005

    Japanese

    6.9

    10

    80%

    80%

    child abuse

    Drama

    gore

    Horror

    incest

    japan

    Mystery

    parent child relationship

    principal

    Thriller

    Sion Sono Sion Sono Director Yûya Ishikawa Yûya Ishikawa as Yûko Yamada Yûko Yamada as Yuka Yuka as Masumi Miyazaki Masumi Miyazaki as Mitsuko Ozawa / Sayuri / Taeko
    The erotic novelist Taeko is writing a morbid story of a family destroyed by incest, murder and abuse. Her assistant, Yuji, sets on a mission to uncover the reality of this story, but the reality might be too much to bear.
    The Forest of Love 2019 POSTER

    The Forest of Love

    2019

    Japanese

    6.2

    4

    100%

    55%

    based on true story

    Crime

    Drama

    forest

    Horror

    smoking

    supernatural

    Thriller

    torture

    trauma

    Sion Sono Sion Sono Director Sei Matobu Sei Matobu as Azumi Ozawa Young Dais Young Dais as Jay Denden Denden as Shigeru Ozawa Shinnosuke Mitsushima Shinnosuke Mitsushima as Shin
    A con man and a would-be filmmaking crew force themselves into the lives of two grief-scarred young women. But nothing is as it seems.
    Exte: Hair Extensions 2007 POSTER

    Exte: Hair Extensions

    2007

    Japanese

    6.3

    4

    52%

    52%

    Comedy

    Horror

    japan

    Sion Sono Sion Sono Director Hiroshi Yamamoto Hiroshi Yamamoto as Jirô Tamura Mirai Yamamoto Mirai Yamamoto as Kayo Sugimura Chiaki Kuriyama Chiaki Kuriyama as Yûko Mizushima Hikari Mitsushima Hikari Mitsushima as Yuriko Shiina
    An aspiring hair dresser becomes the infatuation of a tricophilic man who sells hair extensions to nearby hair salons. The source of the hair is the corpse of a girl whose dead body continues to grow beautiful, voluminous, black hair that comes alive, driving those who use the extensions insane or killing them.
    Tag 2015 POSTER

    Tag

    2015

    Japanese

    6.1

    51

    92%

    61%

    absurd

    Action

    commanding

    death game

    depressing

    Drama

    Fantasy

    frantic

    Horror

    Mystery

    school shooting

    Sci-Fi

    Thriller

    Sion Sono Sion Sono Director Mao Mita Mao Mita as Seia Yasuda Seia Yasuda as Yuki Sakurai Yuki Sakurai as Aki Maryjun Takahashi Maryjun Takahashi as Jun
    Mitsuko, a young student, encounters a series of horrifying incidents set in alternate realities where people wind up dead in the most horrendous fashion.
    Red Post on Escher Street 2020 POSTER

    Red Post on Escher Street

    2020

    Japanese

    7.2

    5

    Comedy

    Drama

    film in film

    filmmaking

    japan

    Sion Sono Sion Sono Director Tarô Suwa Tarô Suwa as Tetsu Watanabe Tetsu Watanabe as Tomoko Fujita Tomoko Fujita as Mitsuru Fukikoshi Mitsuru Fukikoshi as
    A genius film director, Tadashi Kobayashi holds an audition for his new film project. Several actors and actresses answer the open call, but most will only be cast as extras. Can the film come to a completion without accident?
    Noriko's Dinner Table 2005 POSTER

    Noriko's Dinner Table

    2005

    Japanese

    7.0

    7

    64%

    79%

    Action

    cult

    Drama

    Horror

    internet

    suicide

    Sion Sono Sion Sono Director Yûya Ishikawa Yûya Ishikawa as Tôru Tezuka Tôru Tezuka as Middle-Aged Man Yôko Mitsuya Yôko Mitsuya as Tangerine Yuriko Yoshitaka Yuriko Yoshitaka as Yuka Shimabara - Yôko
    A teenager named Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Toyokawa, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's family circle, which grows darker after the mass suicide of 54 high school girls.
    Guilty of Romance 2011 POSTER

    Guilty of Romance

    2011

    Japanese

    6.8

    45

    67%

    60%

    Action

    Drama

    Horror

    husband wife estrangement

    novelist

    nude modeling

    pink film

    police investigation

    prostitution

    Romance

    Thriller

    Sion Sono Sion Sono Director Miki Mizuno Miki Mizuno as Kazuko Yoshida Hisako Ôkata Hisako Ôkata as Shizu Ozawa Kazuya Kojima Kazuya Kojima as Shoji Kanji Tsuda Kanji Tsuda as Yukio Kikuchi
    In a Tokyo love hotel district, a woman is found dead in a derelict apartment. As police investigate, a romance novelist's wife lives a life that seems simply a daily repetition without romance. To break away from the loveless monotony, she follows her desires and becomes a nude model enacting sex in front of a camera. Soon, she meets a mentor and begins selling her body to strangers, while at home, she hides behind the façade that she's still the doting wife she's supposed to be.
    Cold Fish 2010 POSTER

    Cold Fish

    2010

    Japanese

    7.1

    31

    75%

    74%

    Action

    Comedy

    Crime

    Drama

    erection

    fish

    gore

    Horror

    orgasm

    serial killers

    shower

    Thriller

    Sion Sono Sion Sono Director Makoto Ashikawa Makoto Ashikawa as Hideo Nakaizumi Hideo Nakaizumi as Akio's Brother Tetsu Watanabe Tetsu Watanabe as Takayasu TsuTsui Denden Denden as Yukio Murata
    Shamoto runs a small tropical fish shop. When his daughter Mitsuko is caught shoplifting at a grocery store a man named Murata steps in to settle things between the girl and the store manager. Murata also runs a tropical fish shop and he and Shamoto soon become friendly. However Murata hides many dark secrets behind his friendly face.
    Why Don't You Play in Hell? 2013 POSTER

    Why Don't You Play in Hell?

    2013

    Japanese

    7.1

    25

    83%

    80%

    Action

    Comedy

    fight

    filmmaker

    gun

    Horror

    japan

    samurai

    yakuza

    Sion Sono Sion Sono Director Tetsu Watanabe Tetsu Watanabe as Detective Kimura Gen Hoshino Gen Hoshino as Koji Hashimoto Itsuji Itao Itsuji Itao as Masuda Nanoka Hara Nanoka Hara as Mitsuko Muto
    In Japan, gonzo filmmakers hatch a three-pronged plan to save an actress's career, end a yakuza war and make a hit movie.
    Suicide Club 2001 POSTER

    Suicide Club

    2001

    Japanese

    6.5

    20

    63%

    69%

    Crime

    Drama

    Horror

    investigation

    japan

    Mystery

    suicide

    thoughtful

    Thriller

    website

    Sion Sono Sion Sono Director Nao Nagasawa Nao Nagasawa as Kimiko Yo Kimiko Yo as Kiyomi Kuroda Kenjirô Tsuda Kenjirô Tsuda as Mita Tamao Satô Tamao Satô as Nurse Yôko Kawaguchi
    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. Detective Kuroda tries to find the answer to this mystery, which isn't as simple as he had hoped.
    Himizu 2011 POSTER

    Himizu

    2011

    Japanese

    7.0

    16

    100%

    71%

    Action

    based on manga

    Crime

    Drama

    earthquake

    homeless teenager

    japan

    japanese film

    Mystery

    Thriller

    tsunami

    Sion Sono Sion Sono Director Yuriko Yoshitaka Yuriko Yoshitaka as Miki Tetsu Watanabe Tetsu Watanabe as Shozo Yôsuke Kubozuka Yôsuke Kubozuka as Teruhiko Anne Suzuki Anne Suzuki as Waitress
    After two teenagers from abusive households befriend each other, their lives take a dark adventure into existentialism, despair, and human frailty.
    Love Exposure 2008 POSTER

    Love Exposure

    2008

    Japanese

    8.0

    54

    90%

    88%

    Action

    Comedy

    cult

    Drama

    Horror

    japanese film

    love

    Romance

    Thriller

    tough girl

    transvestite

    underwear

    Sion Sono Sion Sono Director Ayumi Takahashi Ayumi Takahashi as Joshikôsei Tatekomorihan Itsuji Itao Itsuji Itao as Koike no Chichi Atsuro Watabe Atsuro Watabe as Tetsu Hikari Mitsushima Hikari Mitsushima as Yôko
    The story of a teenage boy named Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while operating for the sake of sin as an "up-skirt" photographer. 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.
    Hazard 2005 POSTER

    Hazard

    2005

    Japanese

    6.7

    9

    63%

    63%

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    Sion Sono Sion Sono Director Austin Basis Austin Basis as Angry Deli Vigilante Carson Grant Carson Grant as Bruce Hack Joe Odagiri Joe Odagiri as Shin Hiroyuki Ikeuchi Hiroyuki Ikeuchi as Won
    Shin is a Japanese university student living a boring and meaningless life. One day, he spots a book titled Dangerous Ways to Walk the World, in which he finds a page written about hazards in New-York. Eager to get out, he jets off to New-York to find this inspiration.
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