After 11 times watched and the whole of his filmography completed, I think I've just finally gotten a grasp on Sono's overly-dramatised approach in Love Exposure. Just like in Himizu, it took me multiple watches for me to realise what he was fully going for beyond the straightforward meaning - read KJR's review for Himizu - it opened my mind to new levels. Makes me realise how much more of a genius Sion Sono is than I initially thought. 

I've become more of…

At the age of 17 Sion Sono ran away from home and wandered the streets on the verge of starvation. On his first night in Tokyo, he met a woman who lured Sono into a hotel room where she put a knife to her own throat and threatened to commit suicide if he would not help her meet her parents pretending to be her husband. Sono not only agreed but spent several weeks with her family in the countryside, but…