Kenji Onishi Movies

  • 1995
    Squareworld (Short Version)

    Squareworld (Short Version)

    Squareworld (Short Version)

    01995HD

    Squareworld has a stark, minimal narrative: a drug-addicted man kidnaps a young woman from the hills, holds her prisoner and eventually kills her and...

    Squareworld (Short Version)
  • 1996
    N

    N

    N

    5.51996HD

    “N” as in Nurse. A man wandering in an abandoned hospital ward, reflections on Lost Time, Violence and traces of Nostalgia. 16mm film...

    N
  • 1997
    Blue Max

    Blue Max

    Blue Max

    01997HD

    Blue Max (1997) shows a woman looking out of a window, but also working with extreme close-ups: The street, her neck, the window, her knees, the...

    Blue Max
  • 2008
    Field Feet

    Field Feet

    Field Feet

    02008HD

    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...

    Field Feet
  • 1998
    Hardcandy

    Hardcandy

    Hardcandy

    01998HD

    Hardcandy
  • 1998
    Road Runner

    Road Runner

    Road Runner

    01998HD

    Kenji Onishi's 35mm feature film.

    Road Runner
  • 1992
    SOUL ICN

    SOUL ICN

    SOUL ICN

    01992HD

    Early work by Kenji Onishi.

    SOUL ICN
  • 2011
    EDGE CUTTERS

    EDGE CUTTERS

    EDGE CUTTERS

    02011HD

    Experimental short by Kenji Onishi.

    EDGE CUTTERS
  • 2012
    a dog at SANGENJAYA

    a dog at SANGENJAYA

    a dog at SANGENJAYA

    02012HD

    a dog at SANGENJAYA
  • 2013
    Film workshop when there is no more FILM!

    Film workshop when there is no more FILM!

    Film workshop when there is no more FILM!

    02013HD

    Kenji Onishi short film time-lapse projection at YIDFF 2013 (Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival).

    Film workshop when there is no more FILM!
  • 2003
    PRAGUE (Short Version)

    PRAGUE (Short Version)

    PRAGUE (Short Version)

    02003HD

    A man fingering the girl before killing her. Camera cuts to blue sky and cat. A man choking his girl. Onishi at his usual with framing, extreme...

    PRAGUE (Short Version)
  • 2015
    PYRAMID: Kaleidoscope Memories of Destruction

    PYRAMID: Kaleidoscope Memories of Destruction

    PYRAMID: Kaleidoscope Memories of Destruction

    72015HD

    A film about Shin Sasakubo's childhood place Chichibu - home of Mt. Buko, known as the “mountain of the gods.” It is the most important...

    PYRAMID: Kaleidoscope Memories of Destruction
  • 1993
    Nightshift

    Nightshift

    Nightshift

    01993HD

    Experimental short by Kenji Onishi.

    Nightshift
  • 2007
    FUJICABLUEを目指

    FUJICABLUEを目指

    FUJICABLUEを目指

    02007HD

    Experimental short by Kenji Onishi.

    FUJICABLUEを目指
  • 1991
    Santokei

    Santokei

    Santokei

    01991HD

    Early work by Kenji Onishi.

    Santokei
  • 2003
    PRAGUE

    PRAGUE

    PRAGUE

    02003HD

    A man fingering the girl before killing her. Camera cuts to blue sky and cat. A man choking his girl. Onishi at his usual with framing, extreme...

    PRAGUE
  • 1996
    The Underground Water (Short Version)

    The Underground Water (Short Version)

    The Underground Water (Short Version)

    01996HD

    The Underground Water (1996) comes as an ode to water in its forms and to that connected sounds, ice, drinking, mirroring, bathing, washing, pearling...

    The Underground Water (Short Version)
  • 1998
    車窓 -WINDOW-

    車窓 -WINDOW-

    車窓 -WINDOW-

    01998HD

    Experimental short by Kenji Onishi.

    車窓 -WINDOW-
  • 1996
    Cassiopeia Land

    Cassiopeia Land

    Cassiopeia Land

    01996HD

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

    Cassiopeia Land
  • 1994
    Afterimage Of Summer: My Grandpa (Short Version)

    Afterimage Of Summer: My Grandpa (Short Version)

    Afterimage Of Summer: My Grandpa (Short Version)

    01994HD

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

    Afterimage Of Summer: My Grandpa (Short Version)