Kenji Onishi Movies

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

Experimental Super 8 short by Kenji Onishi.

The director films his friends and an UFO at Chichibu.

Summer in my hometown captured with an 8mm camera. Green light erodes and relieves the drunken times

Kaoru Tachibana’s 8mm and 16mm filming course film workshop, 1996. Old Komaba campus Tokyo University student dormitory 3F. Shot & edited by...

Experimental film by Kenji Onishi.

I filmed the sunrise on January the 1st, 1995. This short was originally meant to be a test roll for a feature film I was going to shoot. I really...

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...

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

An experimental 8mm night film made of handheld urban fragments.

Experimental short by Kenji Onishi.

Experimental Super 8 short by Kenji Onishi.

Early work 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...

White and grey, a big screen with noises and voices: we hear a man suffering. The film follows the hardscrabble day-to-day exploits of a nameless...

A girl named Fuchyako (Kumagai Fusako) is smoking a cigarette and singing to the background music of a blues song. Waterdrops.

Experimental short by Kenji Onishi.

Experimental short by Kenji Onishi.

16mm short film by Kenji Onishi.