Sion SONO 園子温

Into A Dream

Nippon Digital   ½ 

Ignoring his sexually transmitted disease, semi-famous actor Mutsugoro travels to his hometown. Gliding into the world of his dreams, he slowly loses his grip to reality. Are his friends terrorists? And whom can he trust? Welcome to SONO's elaborate dream worlds.

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Into A Dream (NC 2007)

Japan 2005

100 minutes

Director
Sion SONO

Script
Sion SONO

Cinematography
Hiroo YANAGIDA

Music
Tomohide HARADA

About Sion SONO
園子温

Sion SONO was born in Aichi Prefecture in 1961. Having experimented with 8mm film during his studies at Hosei University, he won the Grand Prize at the 1987 PIA Film Festival for his film A MAN’S FLOWER ROAD. His international rise to fame came with LOVE EXPOSURE (2008 / NC ’09). Since then, he has won numerous awards. THE WHISPERING STAR (2015 / NC ’16 and NC ’20) won the NETPAC Award at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Nippon Connection dedicated a retrospective to his work in 2011.

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