Nyora kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 2011 na2012 zvichiteerana, Sono akaburitsa mafirimu maviri emitambo akafuridzirwa nenjodzi yenyukireya ya2011 Fukushima uye Kudengenyeka kwenyika kweTohoku
: "Himizu" uye "Nyika yeTariro". Mafirimu akarumbidzwa nokuda kwokusava nematambudziko uye kukoshesa kana zvichienzaniswa nemamwe mabasa aSono, uye "Himizu" akakunda Marcello Mastroianni Award pa 68th Venice International Film Festival. Muna 2012, Sono akagadzirisa uye akaburitsa firimu "Bad Film" achishandisa mifananidzo kubva mukugadzirwa kwefirimu hombe risina kuburitswa pasi pevhu raakatora muna 1995 achitamba neboka rekuita Tokyo GAGAGA.