Sion Sono - Antiporno (2015) Sion Sono’s (b. 1961) sharp and refreshingly incisive Antiporno (2016) functions as a critique of the rigidly divided gender roles within Japanese society—particularly the split between public restraint ( tatemae ) and private, unspoken desire ( honne ). In a broader context, the film can be read as a reflection of our era’s individual-centered hegemony, where nearly everything is treated as a consumable commodity: flesh and attention alike becoming forms of currency. "My life is normal, but i´m playing this character" Narratively, Antiporno follows a young woman, Kyōko, who arrives at an audition for a softcore film. What initially appears as a contained and controlled situation—an encounter with a female artist-director and her assistant—quickly transforms into a shifting game of power, domination, and role reversal. As the film progresses, its seemingly realistic premise begins to unravel, revealing itself as a film-within-a-...