
Person
Kenji Onishi
Directing · Born 1973-04-13 · Mie Prefecture, Japan
Biography
A central figure on the Tokyo experimental film scene and already a veteran of the international festival circuit, Kenji Onishi has made nearly 200 films since 1990, ranging from Super-8 studies of light to full-length features filled with drugs and violence. His filmmaking output spans many genres, and he has become known for a distinctive personal style that melds structural concerns with overtly sensationalist subject matter.
Known for

FILM PILGRIMAGE
Director

Mt. Buko
Cinematography

Alley Child
Director

UFO Flying Course
Director

BRUCE
Director

START!
Director

Light of Darkness (Summer Sketch)
Director

RAPE BOY
Director

Atlantic Fog Area et
Director

Film Pilgrimage in Niigata: Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial
2013
Filmography
- 2021The ChichibuEditor
- 2021IDOMU ⅢEditor
- 2020IDOMU IIEditor
- 2019-YAMASE-Director
- 2017Look Behind!Producer
- 2017Almost GhostDirector
- 2016Yasuda Satoru World Trip vol.3
- 2016Funeral in the WindEditor
- 2016Dynamite Traverse VariationsEditor
- 2016SetouchiEditor
- 2015GLASSHALLDirector
- 2015PYRAMID: Kaleidoscope Memories of DestructionDirector of Photography
- 2015Chichibu RestDirector
- 2013Dog's OrnamentsDirector of Photography
- 2013Chichibu RestDirector of Photography
- 2013SPRITE
- 2013Sound HuntingProducer
- 2013FILM PILGRIMAGEDirector
- 2013Film workshop when there is no more FILM!Director
- 2013Akira Tsuboi DocumentsDirector
- 2013Fujica Single GreenDirector
- 2013RE HOME MOVIEDirector
- 2013Film Pilgrimage in Niigata: Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial
- 2013A Quiet IslandDirector
- 2012Film Workshop In SANGENJAYA - SpringDirector
- 2012Film Workshop In OSAKA - WinterDirector
- 2012Cat DreamDirector
- 2012Association Of Silverpencils 8mm Film WorkshopDirector
- 2012Tanzan sessionDirector
- 2012WELCOME TO LEVEL5Director
- 2012WELCOME TO LEVEL5Director
- 2012a dog at SANGENJAYADirector
- 2012Film Workshop In SANGENJAYA - SummerDirector
- 2012Light Spends LifeDirector
- 2012RULEBOOK of the ENDDirector
- 2012Nostalghia NostalghiaDirector
- 2011Radioactive BoyDirector
- 2011Screening For Old MenDirector
- 2011Golden Era: Newclear ExposedDirector
- 2011Quiet GhostDirector
- 2011EDGE CUTTERSDirector
- 2011Associations of Silverpencils
- 2010Lantern SightDirector
- 2010EDGE CUTTERSDirector
- 2010SHOUT at DAWNDirector
- 2010AFTERIMAGE OF SUMMERDirector
- 2010Silver PencilsDirector
- 2010UFO Flying CourseDirector
- 2010Blue NostalgiaDirector
- 2010A Chinese Fisherman
- 2010Coming Future
- 2010MISS JUPITER & MR CLITORIS
- 2010EDGE CUTTERSDirector
- 2009Furuyashiki Village FreeloaderDirector
- 2009REHEARSAL of WIZARDDirector
- 2009DOC for DOCsDirector
- 2009Cinediary FebruaryDirector
- 2009Cinediary MarchDirector
- 2009Cinediary MayDirector
- 2009ChromemileDirector
- 2008Field FeetDirector
- 2008VIDA
- 2007Crazy ExposureDirector
- 2007RAPE BOYDirector
- 2007YAMATO LIVEDirector
- 2007SILVERROSEDirector
- 2007REHEARSAL of WIZARDDirector
- 2007FUJICABLUEを目指Director
- 2007Cold FishDirector
- 2007FUJICABLUEDirector
- 2007EarthmileDirector
- 2007KODABLOODDirector
- 2007EKTADREAMDirector
- 2007Real Access DiscommunicationCinematography
- 2007FUJICABLUE 孤独な映画Director
- 2007REHEARSAL of WIZARDDirector
- 2006A Pink SledgeDirector
- 2006Dear Mrs Ougi Chikage
- 2006Zeiss The Last Chapter of BroadcastDirector
- 2006AcidbrownDirector
- 2006Grass HoleDirector
- 2006Maron FairyDirector
- 2006Mashroom DreamDirector
- 2005FUJICABLUEを目指Director
- 2005Electric PinokioDirector
- 2005Garden GreenDirector
- 2005Snow SpotDirector
- 2004MAKING OF SHIROYASHA
- 2004PornogriffithDirector
- 2003PRAGUE (Short Version)
- 2003PRAGUE
- 2003Sesami SpiritDirector
- 2003My Little Sister And BrucknerCinematography
- 2002肉食獣 HAMDirector
- 2002FLAHERTY SEMINAR 2002Director
- 2002F.F.F.Director
- 2002F.F.F. (Short Version)Director
- 2002F.F.F. UNCUTDirector
- 2002Book of GenesisDirector
- 2001DYNASTY 6BDirector
- 2001MidoriCinematography
- 2001East EndDirector
- 2000NOTHING GOSEDirector
- 2000EKTADIARY: NIGHT COLOURSDirector
- 2000Foulplay, Colored Strowberry, On AirDirector
- 1999Northern Lights (Short Version)Director
- 1999Northern LightsDirector
- 1999A Burning StarDirector
- 1999A Burning Star (Short Version)Director
- 1999KE/FA: Fake SisterCinematography
- 1998TAKAHIKO TAKAYANAGIDirector
- 1998車窓 -WINDOW-Director
- 1998KU MI KODirector
- 1998THRASHGIRLSDirector
- 1998FootstepsDirector
- 1998Atlantic Fog Area etDirector
- 1998Road RunnerDirector
- 1998Eclipse of HuntingDirector
- 1998Hardcandy
- 1998Alley ChildDirector
- 1998Rabbit HuntingDirector
- 1998KU MI KO #2Director
- 1998Morning HighDirector
- 1998ANTS COLONYDirector
- 1997Bourbon TimeDirector
- 1997TRIANGLE⊿SLANTProducer
- 1997The Air-Conditioning SystemDirector
- 1997SMOKING HIGHDirector
- 1997s-camDirector
- 1997Night of OrleyDirector
- 1997The Mirage, The Horizon (Short Version)Director
- 1997The Mirage, The HorizonDirector
- 1997Zetcho: The Acme (Short Version)
- 1997Zetcho: The Acme
- 1997功夫 GIRLDirector
- 1997Blue Max
- 1997BRUCEDirector
- 1997BACONDirector
- 1997SUICIDE BOXDirector
- 1997SWEAT OF FLOORDirector
- 1997WINTER SQUAREDirector
- 1997SEXUAL INTERCOURSE CAMERA #1Director
- 1997SEXUAL INTERCOURSE CAMERA #4Director
- 1997WALLDirector
- 1997START!Director
- 1997Sketch of KANAHAMA MakeUp#2Director
- 1997Sketch of Kanahama: What Comes Next...Director
- 1997Sketch of Kanahama: Suicide Training — Reel 2Director
- 1997Sketch of Kanahama: Suicide Training — Reel 4Director
- 1997V-GST from The Air-Conditioning SystemDirector
- 1996The Memory of Celluloid (Revised Edition)Director
- 1996ViewDirector
- 1996Light of Darkness (Summer Sketch)Director
- 1996The World of Kaoru TachibanaDirector
- 1996MY SIGHT -VANCOUVER編-Director
- 1996Cassiopeia LandDirector
- 1996SHOUT at DAWNDirector
- 1996NDirector
- 1996Light Of DarknessDirector
- 1996OrganAssistant Editor
- 1996Out of Frame (Short Version)
- 1996The Lightning TrainDirector
- 1996Aquarium City (Short Version)
- 1996The Underground Water (Short Version)
- 1996Aquarium City
- 1996The Underground Water
- 1996Out of Frame
- 1996Light PointDirector
- 1996The VoiceDirector
- 1996The StairsDirector
- 1995CAT & CURTAINDirector
- 1995Squareworld (Short Version)
- 1995Squareworld
- 1995Suburban Midnight Serial Murder Case (Prologue)Director
- 1995STORNSDirector
- 1995SMILE FILMDirector
- 1995Canvas (Short Version)Director
- 1995Sketch of Kanahama, the Repair Worker
- 1995SONGDirector
- 1995HORAIZONDirector
- 1995Midnight TrainDirector
- 1995Midnight SymphonyDirector
- 1995Afterimage Of Summer: My GrandpaDirector
- 1995An Illusive MapDirector
- 1994Canvas (Mid-lenght Version)Director
- 1994SWEET VOICEDirector
- 1994Afterimage Of Summer: My Grandpa (Short Version)Director
- 1994In the Shadow of a TreeDirector
- 1994Sorrowful SummerDirector
- 1994Summertime LandscapeDirector
- 1994Cat PositionDirector
- 1994LONELY FIGURE RAILWAYDirector
- 1994Summertime Landscape (Short Version)Director
- 1994Let's Go to Yosuke Okawado's HouseDirector
- 1993Celluloid MemoryDirector
- 1993BURNDirector
- 1993First AnniversaryDirector
- 1993Film Passion '93Director
- 1993NightshiftDirector
- 1993Afterimage Of SummerDirector
- 1993CurtainDirector
- 1993CanvasDirector
- 1992WINTER SPOTDirector
- 1992DEEP SKY Part IIDirector
- 1992SOUL ICNDirector
- 1992WHITEDirector
- 1992DEEP SKYDirector
- 1992Yu-soDirector
- 1991SHADOW FORESTDirector
- 1991DEEP-SEA FISHDirector
- 1991WAVEDirector
- 1991GardenDirector
- 1991Meet The Forest DemonDirector
- 1991SantokeiDirector
- 1990BLOW WINDDirector
- 1979Mt. BukoCinematography
- —Tokyo 100 Yen and Rat ManDirector
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