Kenji Onishi Movies

A psychological drama filmed when I was fond of Japanese detective stories. The monologue of a killer with a shovel inspired by real maniacs, from...

An alternative documentary to Shin Sasakubo's 'Chichibu Rest' made by Kenji Onishi, about Chichibu.

Experimental short by Kenji Onishi.

武甲風葬 2016 - "Buko Fuso" aka Funeral in the Wind, 8mm. Filmed at Mount Bukō (武甲山,...

Depiction of the physicality of destruction and disappearance through images of the Japanese filmmaker’s father who dies and is cremated.

Experimental short by Kenji Onishi.

The evening sky that dyes into pink. Super8 early work by Kenji Onishi.

Early work by Kenji Onishi.

Early work by Kenji Onishi.

Yasuda Satoru, 8mm. Singing, children, sea, mountains, travel, friends. Archive and diary like footage repeated and distorted multiple times - in the...

Tanzan Shrine, also known as the Danzan Shrine.

A collection of Single 8 bloopers sprinkled with bleach to dissolve the emulsion. It is also a work that contains personal grudges.

Experimental short by Kenji Onishi.

Experimental short by Kenji Onishi.

A breath of light, a film poem by in-camera editing that is more sensory than experimental.

A mess of time-lapse and bulb photography using Kodachrome 25 reversal film.

Experimental short directed by Kenji Onishi.

A summary of the 2011 shorts diary films by the filmmaker, wasting away meters and meters of 8mm film.