Kenji Onishi Movies

Shooting began with pointing the camera at the sunset seen through the window at home, and continued until all the 8mm film I had was used up. The...

Music clip by Kenji Onishi.

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

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

The underground cinematheque. Last time Fujica and 311 Fukushima. The case against perfection - Fujica Single-8.

Zetcho is a feature shot on film, including the typical colouring of washed-out white and blue. Again Onishi brings together the couple’s...

Experimental short by Kenji Onishi.

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...

A super8 film sketch of a summer in Nagoya, at the beach with an independent film group.

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Silent art film utilizing landscape and light.

Early work by Kenji Onishi.

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

8mm film by Kenji Onishi.

Experimental short by Kenji Onishi.

8mm short by Kenji Onishi and Tohru Mabuchi.

Documentary about japanese painter Akira Tsuboi.