Umlawuli waseJapan USion Sono uya kufumana iMbasa yoMatshini weXesha lowama-2015, ibhaso lembeko leSitges Festival.
Umlawuli, rhoqo kolu khuphiswano, iyakubonisa imisebenzi emitsha ukuya kuthi ga emithathu kolu hlelo loMnyhadala weFilimu oMnandi waseCatalonia, 'iTag', 'Uthando noXolo' kunye ne'The Virgin Psychics'..
Kwiminyaka engama-54, uSion Sono unefilimu ezingaphezu kwamashumi amathathu Oko wenza ifilimu yakhe yokuqala kwiminyaka nje engamashumi amathathu eyadlulayo, ngo-1984 ngefilimu emfutshane ethi 'Iingoma Zothando', ifilimu yakhe yokuqala eya kufika kwiminyaka emibini kamva, 'Otoko no hanamichi'. Nangona Kwakungekho de kwango-2002 xa waziwa ngamazwe ngamazwe, yayiyifilimu ethi 'Iqela lokuzibulala'. ('Jisatsu sâkuru').
Umsebenzi wakhe kamva wadityaniswa nefilimu ethi 'Love Exposure' ('Ai no mukidashi'), ifilimu ephumelele intaphane yeembasa, kuquka neFipresci Prize yabagxeki bamazwe ngamazwe eBerlinale ka-2009. Emva koko uhlala rhoqo kwiSitges Festival. , Umlawuli ubonise iifilimu zakhe 'Intlanzi ebandayo' ('Tsumetai nettaigyo'), 'I-Guilty of Romance' ('Koi No Tsumi'), 'Himizu', 'Kutheni Ungadlali esihogweni?' ('Jigoku de naze warui?') Kwaye 'Isizwe saseTokyo'.
Emva kokuba ebekhona kwiminyaka yokugqibela yoMnyhadala weSitges, Ixesha lifikile lokuba ukhuphiswano luhlawule kuye kwaye lukwenza oko ngokumnika uMshini weXesha, ibhaso lakhe lokuwonga.