Sion SONO 園子温

UTSU-SHIMI

うつしみ

Nippon Retro   ² 

While a schoolgirl discovers love and passion, Sion SONO combines this fictional plot with a semi-documentary about different artists who focus on the human body: Butoh master Akaji MARO, photographer Nobuyoshi ARAKI, fashion designer Shinichiro ARAKAWA and Sion SONO himself.

うつしみ

Japan 1999

116 minutes

Director
Sion SONO

Script
Sion SONO

Cinematography
Sion SONO

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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