Kenji Onishi Movies

An attempt to let one's identity emerge by piercing fragments of 8mm film shot over some 20 years. The filmmaker's muttering and breathing...

Early work by Kenji Onishi.

A nostalgic summer festival. Revisiting some dark footage through the images of memory. As an afterimage, it appears like a ghost.

Early work by Kenji Onishi.

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

Early work by Kenji Onishi.

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

Experimental short by Kenji Onishi.

An improvised film sketch with professional actors.

Experimental short by Kenji Onishi.

The plain has a perfect starry sky at night. The sky is a message to existence. 16mm film by Kenji Onishi.

Onishi’s short Book Of Genesis (2002) shows us in an impressive way the connection between the sky and skylines, made of all that technical...

Sound of rain. Storm. Fixed camera. Time-lapse of skies and clouds. A playful silhouette against the light.

8mm FILM Documentary 1979-2021 final version. Directing and script by Minoru Shinojima. Filmed and edited by Kenji Onishi. Cherishing the sadness of...

Experimental short by Kenji Onishi.

Digital Video, Kanahama Natsuyo model.

A breath of light, a film poem by in-camera editing that is more sensory than experimental. Image sketches made with short shots while swinging the...

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