Kenji Onishi Movies

An improvised film study starring Kumiko Watanuki's solo play in an empty room.

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

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....

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

Experimental short 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...

A behind the scenes documentary of Kenji Onishi's never completed 35mm feature film "Shiroyasha", shot between 2002 and 2004.

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

I returned to 8mm home movies for this compilation film, shot during the final year of my grandmother's life, and, beginning with footage of her...

Experimental short by Kenji Onishi.

8mm experimental film directed by Minoru Shinojima. Shot and edited by Kenji Onishi. For 40 years, Minoru Shinojima has been opposed to mining Mt....

Model Horikawa Nozomi, videogram by Kenji Onishi.

Early work by Kenji Onishi.

The director films his friends and an UFO at Chichibu.