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Sion Sono (press materials – Five Flavours at Home VOD)
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Reality Is Much Scarier than My Films

An Interview with Sion Sono
Sylwia Niemczyk
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For those familiar with his work, the Japanese film-maker Sion Sono needs little introduction. Yet – perhaps rather surprisingly, given his extensive filmography – Sono’s cinema often finds itself hidden behind the doors of film festivals or on boutique film distribution labels.

Best-known internationally for his 2008 feature Love Exposure – a four-hour epic that explores religion, crime, family and perversion, all

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