Kenji Onishi Movies

Early work by Kenji Onishi.

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A private film from the Nagoya era. Single-8 lens fetishism photographing Nozomi Horikawa.

Early work by Kenji Onishi.

"The clouds are rushing by, and the architecture of men fit so well in that movement. The bricks. The light is harsh and blue. But in the night it is...

Experimental short by Kenji Onishi.

Experimental short by Kenji Onishi.

With the core members Shin Sasakubo and Daisuke Aoki, as well as a revolving set of members depending on the contents of the work, the CHICHIBU...

The Underground Water (1996) comes as an ode to water in its forms and to that connected sounds, ice, drinking, mirroring, bathing, washing, pearling...

Electronic Pinokio (2005) is playful again with its material (video) and the optical illusions you can produce and also provoke with it. But mainly...

Experimental Super 8 short by Kenji Onishi.

Early work by Kenji Onishi.

Out of Frame (1996) plays with your expectations and the way how we are used to “read” pictures and their framing. A woman is rubbing...

An 8mm film drama. Written and directed by Fusako Kumagai.

A projector burns the frames of film. Re-photographing the image as it melts.

Experimental Super 8 short by Kenji Onishi.

Kenji Onishi's 16mm independent road movie. A couple and their winter journey through the city and a desolate countryside.

Experimental short by Kenji Onishi.

A Burning Star depicts the physicality of destruction and disappearance through images of the Japanese filmmaker's father who dies and is cremated....