Kenji Onishi Movies

Early work by Kenji Onishi.

The Air-Conditioning System (1997) introduces us to a young man in his flat, and the ways of communication with his girlfriend. The sky is blue and...

The man was seeking pleasure beyond sex. And the ultimate ecstasy he sought was pace poles and the death throes of a person. The man drags his friend...

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

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...

Experimental short by Kenji Onishi.

Experimental short by Kenji Onishi.

Experimental short by Kenji Onishi.

A colourful feature about young criminals (Ominato Masao, Tachibana Kaoru, Tatesawa Sadoru), sex scenes and their bitter ends. Onishi again is using...

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...

Experimental short by Kenji Onishi.

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...

Memories, death, funeral. Recorded in summer 1992-1994.

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

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

Focusing on a woman addicted to sex and drugs in a corner of the city, this film depicts an exclusive and cold world on a monochrome screen....

Experimental short by Kenji Onishi.

Early work by Kenji Onishi.