Born in 1961, Aichi, Japan. He came to the public eye when he won the Pia Film Festival Grand Prize in 1987 for A Man´s Hanamichi(1987). He directed Love Exposure(2008), Cold Fish(2010) and The Whispering Star(2015). The success of Cold Fish marked an even greater interest in Sono’s work and was screened by numerous festivals, including the 67th Venice Film Festival, and the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.