The heart pounding circus panic 2017 doubutsu sentai zyuohger vs. Now, this piece on sion sono wont focus too much on detailing each movie since that would take me about words per movie and were gonna cover somewhat his whole filmography as well as a lot of other sonoesque movies so ill keep it short and how they relate to each. Riaru onigokko, is a 2015 japanese action horror thriller art film directed by sion sono and inspired by the title of the novel riaru onigokko by yusuke yamada. The films theme song, real onigokko, was written and performed for the movie by the rock band glim spanky. Sion sono has said he would like to see his movies have the power. Lets start by analyzing the elements of a modern sono movie. Hazard is an incredibly frenetic film, both visually and in terms of editing. Cineman cineman after the movie is before the movie. Jul 10, 2007 thankfully my second movie, sion sonos hazard, was brilliant. Find films and movies featuring sion sono on allmovie. Hazard, engsub 2006 watch online hazard, english subtitles. Its another movie i saw on youtube back then but i cant find it anymore. No real interest for the narrative, heavy emphasis on the characters psychological profil and a.
Apr 20, 20 the room heya 1992 full movie directed by. Sep 02, 2011 sion sonos love exposure, a teenage romance, is an unexpectedly involving and relentlessly entertaining collision of contradictions. Full of laughs and through the eyes of a virgin teenager who wishes to become a hero by saving the world with his suddenly. Suicide club 2002 suicide club was the film that established sion sono as a genuine cult filmmaker, chiefly for the introductory scene and the contentious subject it entailed. This is the erotic novel that novelist taeko, who uses a wheelchair, sets out to write. Sion sono suicide club, cold fish, adapts minoru furuyas popular manga to tell the confrontational tale of a troubled adolescent boy whose dreams of an ordinary life are slowly eroded in the. The erotic novelist taeko is writing a morbid story of a family destroyed by incest, murder and abuse. Super sentais message from the future 1976 dragon princess. The misogynist opening suddenly gives way to the third wall breaking down only to be replaced by further layers of confusion, colour and mayhem. We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your email. Shin is a japanese university student living a boring and meaningless life.
This is what bothers me about the marketing for asian cinema and for films like hazard, which in my opinion, is probably the coolest, slickest, realist shion sono film ever. The story focuses on yu the initially docile son of a priest who sins to gain attention from his father and whose cross dressing antics as miss scorpion bring him in contact with yoko a troubled, manhating teen who falls in love with this alter ego. Sep 23, 2006 director sion sono had done a film called, the suicide club that had an interesting story, but was just a mediocre movie. One day, he spots a book titled dangerous ways to walk the. Hazard is an entirely experimental and documentary film of japan and america.
Oct 22, 2015 the 10 best sion sono movies posted on october 22, 2015 october 22, 2015 by panos kotzathanasis sion sono, who has directed 46 films since 1984, is one of the most prolific filmmakers of japan, excelling in everything grotesque, abnormally erotic and exceedingly violent that can be found in a movie. Starring masumi miyazaki, issei ishida, rie kuwana, mai takahashi, fujiko, tomorowo taguchi, and hiroshi oguchi. Best known on the festival circuit for the film love exposure 2008, he has been called the most subversive filmmaker working in japanese cinema today. Book tickets online for latest movies near you in mumbai on bookmyshow. An insightful documentary about the filmmaker, poet, painter, scriptwriter, and husband sion sono. Jan, 2018 its in our destiny to cultivate our loneliness. Writer 48 crazy samurai musashi 2020 the forest of love 2019 red blade. The tokyo filmex program describes the film as an epic love story. Ive seen some of his films and they tend to be hit and miss for me but am wondering if anyone here is familar with sonos work and if the new cage project. Please click the link below to receive your verification email.
Here we go with last months movies that i checked out. Sometimes the camera moves so fast you cant even see the picture, and. Nov, 2008 sion sono s latest film love exposure ai no mukidashi is scheduled for special screenings at tokyo filmex later in the month. Another contemporary master of the cult, sion sono has been excelling in everything grotesque, abnormally erotic and exceedingly violent that can be found in a movie since 1984, when he directed his first film titles. Sono sion s tag opens with two busloads of japanese school girls on a trip. Jul 19, 2007 filmed in 2001 and not released until 2007, hazard is sion sonos least favorite of his own films. Gozo now rapes both of them as he pleases, while his family is undermined by incest, suicide, and murder. Never have i felt more connected to a film character than him, the boy who only wanted to fly. One day, japanese mastermind director sion sono will come out with a movie that doesnt absolutely surprise me.
He feels its the least of his work, but i dont agree with that. Jul 29, 2016 japanese cinemas premier enfant terrible sion sono reveals his creative methods, his family life and his views about filmmaking in a documentary filmed around the production of his scifi title. Sion sono, a former member of a religious cult and of a terrorist group, but later the leader of performance art collective tokyo gagaga, started his career in the gay pornography industry and was still making such movies in the late 1990s, for example dankon penis 1998, as well as pink films such as seigi no tatsujin nyotai tsubo saguri 1998. Posted on october 22, 2015 october 22, 2015 by panos kotzathanasis. School principal ozawa gozo rapes his daughter, mitsuko, after she sees her parents having sex. Sion sonos the virgin psychics is one strange movie, though not for the reasons his films are usually strange. It stars joe odagiri, who was still rising to japanese stardom at the time. I was not expecting to see sion sono channel rudolph the red nosed reindeer. The bastard and the beautiful world kuso yaro to utsukushiki. The cast chosen for this one was a mix of american and japanese actors that have the film the most accurate depiction of american. Hazard is a 2005 japanese film mostly shot in new york city, written and directed by sion sono, starring joe odagiri and jai west.
Being not an expert in sono sion s work and having watch only the amazon prime tv show tokyo vampire, this movie seems nevertheless to be a kind of best of of its style. Her assistant, yuji, sets on a mission to uncover the reality of this story, but the reality might be too much to bear. The film gained a considerable amount of notoriety in film festivals around the world for its fourhour duration and themes including love, family, lust, religion and the art of upskirt photography. True to its title, this highconcept comedy about a group of virgins who are bestowed fantastical abilities mixes the supernatural with frank illustrations of sex. Sion sono was commissioned to make this film for a production company trying to relaunch the genre known as roman porno. And it comments on how we produce monstrosity in the name of love. This film pretty much fills in all the holes and has so much more added on.
Bad film is a legendary production that was shot in 1995 over the course of the year, but went unfinished due to funding difficulties. In 1987, he participated with the movie a mans hanamichi otoko no hanamichi, and won the grand prize. Find more movies like hazard to watch, latest hazard trailer, faced by a society of criminals, these three youths avenge their rights. If cinema was sonos drug, then this is a portrait of a man getting very, very high on his own supply. One day he spots a book titled dangerous ways to walk the world in which he finds a page written about hazards in newyork.
Aug 03, 2016 its as close as one can possibly get to peeking directly into the very psyche of an artist, full of the brashness and energy of youth. The 15 greatest japanese cult directors of all time the 15 greatest japanese cult directors of all time. The real state agent, shy and expressionless, guides him through all the rooms she can find. Strange circus trailer new film by sion sono youtube. May 21, 2015 you never forget your first sion sono and this, a random pick up at a film festival back in 2010, has remained my favourite ever since. Directed by arata oshima, son of influential filmmaker nagisa oshima, who follows sono to the site of his upbringing and the set of his latest production. Hair extensions on dvd includes widescreen presentation 1. You never forget your first sion sono and this, a random pick up at a film festival back in 2010, has remained my favourite ever since. In fact it had seemed like there were holes in the story. The 15 greatest japanese cult directors of all time. No, suicide circle and strange circus will not hold a candle to this. Its an extremely well made romp through the criminal nyc underworld.
The 10 best sion sono movies page 2 taste of cinema. I was not expecting to see sion sono channel rudolph the red nosed. The 10 best sion sono movies the 10 best sion sono movies. Check out movie ticket rates and show timings at pvr. Nov 11, 2006 this is what bothers me about the marketing for asian cinema and for films like hazard, which in my opinion, is probably the coolest, slickest, realist shion sono film ever. The 10 best sion sono movies taste of cinema movie. List all drama japanese movies dramacool drama list.
Tokyo shocks 2008 doubledisc special edition release of exte. One disc features the movie and the other is dedicated to extras. Her assistant, yuji, sets on a mission to uncover the reality of this. Hazard is a 2005 japanese film mostly shot in new york city, written and directed by sion sono, starring. It is the story of three youths who attempt to avenge their rights in a society of criminals and thugs. The always playful sono however gives us so much more. In 1985, he debuted in the pia film festival with a 30min experimental short movie, i am sion sono ore wa sion sono da, a selection of his poetry being read by him on the screen. When it comes to sion sono movies, the movie never ends up being anywhere near what i picture in my head when i read the plot description. Might be the greatest instance i am aware of where a filmmaker demonstrates how ribald artifice and absurdist scatterbrained antics can nonetheless mobilize deep emotional currents capable of producing geysers. Ive seen some of his films and they tend to be hit and miss for me but am wondering if anyone here is familar with sono s work and if the new cage project.