Kenji Onishi

Kenji Onishi

Known for
Directing
Born
April 13, 1973 (age 53)
Birthplace
Mie Prefecture, Japan
IMDb

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

Photos

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Filmography

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Tokyo 100 Yen and Rat Man poster

Tokyo 100 Yen and Rat Man

Movie · Director

2019
-YAMASE- poster

-YAMASE-

Movie · Director

2017
Almost Ghost poster

Almost Ghost

Movie · Director

2015
GLASSHALL poster

GLASSHALL

Movie · Director

2015
Chichibu Rest poster

Chichibu Rest

Movie · Director

2013
Akira Tsuboi Documents poster

Akira Tsuboi Documents

Movie · Director

2013
Film workshop when there is no more FILM! poster

Film workshop when there is no more FILM!

Movie · Director

2013
Fujica Single Green poster

Fujica Single Green

Movie · Director

2013
RE HOME MOVIE poster

RE HOME MOVIE

Movie · Director

2013
A Quiet Island poster

A Quiet Island

Movie · Director

2012
Tanzan session poster

Tanzan session

Movie · Director

2012
Film Workshop In OSAKA - Winter poster

Film Workshop In OSAKA - Winter

Movie · Director

2012
Light Spends Life poster

Light Spends Life

Movie · Director

2012
a dog at SANGENJAYA poster

a dog at SANGENJAYA

Movie · Director

2012
RULEBOOK of the END poster

RULEBOOK of the END

Movie · Director

2012
Nostalghia Nostalghia poster

Nostalghia Nostalghia

Movie · Director

2012
Association Of Silverpencils 8mm Film Workshop poster

Association Of Silverpencils 8mm Film Workshop

Movie · Director

2012
Cat Dream poster

Cat Dream

Movie · Director

2012
WELCOME TO LEVEL5 poster

WELCOME TO LEVEL5

Movie · Director

2012
Film Workshop In SANGENJAYA - Spring poster

Film Workshop In SANGENJAYA - Spring

Movie · Director

2012
Film Workshop In SANGENJAYA - Summer poster

Film Workshop In SANGENJAYA - Summer

Movie · Director

2011
Associations of Silverpencils poster

Associations of Silverpencils

Movie · Director

2011
Radioactive Boy poster

Radioactive Boy

Movie · Director

2011
Screening For Old Men

Screening For Old Men

Movie · Director

2011
EDGE CUTTERS poster

EDGE CUTTERS

Movie · Director

2011
Golden Era: Newclear Exposed poster

Golden Era: Newclear Exposed

Movie · Director

2011
Quiet Ghost poster

Quiet Ghost

Movie · Director

2010
AFTERIMAGE OF SUMMER poster

AFTERIMAGE OF SUMMER

Movie · Director

2010
EDGE CUTTERS poster

EDGE CUTTERS

Movie · Director

2010
Silver Pencils poster

Silver Pencils

Movie · Director

2010
SHOUT at DAWN poster

SHOUT at DAWN

Movie · Director

2010
UFO Flying Course poster

UFO Flying Course

Movie · Director

2010
Blue Nostalgia poster

Blue Nostalgia

Movie · Director

2010
Lantern Sight poster

Lantern Sight

Movie · Director

2010
EDGE CUTTERS poster

EDGE CUTTERS

Movie · Director

2009
DOC for DOCs poster

DOC for DOCs

Movie · Director

2009
Cinediary May poster

Cinediary May

Movie · Director

2009
Cinediary February poster

Cinediary February

Movie · Director

2009
Cinediary March poster

Cinediary March

Movie · Director

2009
Chromemile poster

Chromemile

Movie · Director

2009
REHEARSAL of WIZARD poster

REHEARSAL of WIZARD

Movie · Director

2009
Furuyashiki Village Freeloader poster

Furuyashiki Village Freeloader

Movie · Director

2008
Field Feet poster

Field Feet

Movie · Director

2008
VIDA poster

VIDA

Movie · Director

2007
Earthmile poster

Earthmile

Movie · Director

2007
Cold Fish poster

Cold Fish

Movie · Director

2007
EKTADREAM poster

EKTADREAM

Movie · Director

2007
FUJICABLUEを目指 poster

FUJICABLUEを目指

Movie · Director

2007
YAMATO LIVE poster

YAMATO LIVE

Movie · Director

2007
RAPE BOY poster

RAPE BOY

Movie · Director

2007
SILVERROSE poster

SILVERROSE

Movie · Director

2007
REHEARSAL of WIZARD poster

REHEARSAL of WIZARD

Movie · Director

2007
KODABLOOD poster

KODABLOOD

Movie · Director

2007
FUJICABLUE poster

FUJICABLUE

Movie · Director

2007
Crazy Exposure poster

Crazy Exposure

Movie · Director

2007
FUJICABLUE 孤独な映画 poster

FUJICABLUE 孤独な映画

Movie · Director

2007
REHEARSAL of WIZARD poster

REHEARSAL of WIZARD

Movie · Director

2006
Zeiss The Last Chapter of Broadcast poster

Zeiss The Last Chapter of Broadcast

Movie · Director

2006
A Pink Sledge poster

A Pink Sledge

Movie · Director

2006
An Acidbrown poster

An Acidbrown

Movie · Director

2006
Grass Hole poster

Grass Hole

Movie · Director

2006
Maron Fairy poster

Maron Fairy

Movie · Director

2006
Mashroom Dream poster

Mashroom Dream

Movie · Director

2005
Electric Pinokio (Short Version) poster

Electric Pinokio (Short Version)

Movie · Director

2005
FUJICABLUEを目指 poster

FUJICABLUEを目指

Movie · Director

2005
Garden Green poster

Garden Green

Movie · Director

2005
Snow Spot poster

Snow Spot

Movie · Director

2005
Electronic Pinokio poster

Electronic Pinokio

Movie · Director

2004
MAKING OF SHIROYASHA poster

MAKING OF SHIROYASHA

Movie · Director

2004
PORNOGRIFFITH poster

PORNOGRIFFITH

Movie · Director

2003
Sesami Spirit poster

Sesami Spirit

Movie · Director

2003
PRAGUE poster

PRAGUE

Movie · Director

2003
Ode to Beauty poster

Ode to Beauty

Movie · Director

2002
FLAHERTY SEMINAR 2002 poster

FLAHERTY SEMINAR 2002

Movie · Director

2002
肉食獣 HAM poster

肉食獣 HAM

Movie · Director

2002
F.F.F. UNCUT poster

F.F.F. UNCUT

Movie · Director

2002
F.F.F. poster

F.F.F.

Movie · Director

2002
Book of Genesis poster

Book of Genesis

Movie · Director

2002
F.F.F. (Short Version) poster

F.F.F. (Short Version)

Movie · Director

2001
DYNASTY 6B poster

DYNASTY 6B

Movie · Director

2001
East End poster

East End

Movie · Director

2000
NOTHING GOSE poster

NOTHING GOSE

Movie · Director

2000
Out of Frame (Short Version) poster

Out of Frame (Short Version)

Movie · Director

2000
EKTADIARY: NIGHT COLOURS poster

EKTADIARY: NIGHT COLOURS

Movie · Director

2000
Foulplay, Colored Strowberry, On Air poster

Foulplay, Colored Strowberry, On Air

Movie · Director

1999
Northern Lights (Short Version) poster

Northern Lights (Short Version)

Movie · Director

1999
A Burning Star poster

A Burning Star

Movie · Director

1999
A Burning Star (Short Version) poster

A Burning Star (Short Version)

Movie · Director

1999
Northern Lights poster

Northern Lights

Movie · Director

1998
Road Runner poster

Road Runner

Movie · Director

1998
Hardcandy poster

Hardcandy

Movie · Director

1998
Ecrips of Hunting (Short Version) poster

Ecrips of Hunting (Short Version)

Movie · Director

1998
Footsteps poster

Footsteps

Movie · Director

1998
車窓 -WINDOW- poster

車窓 -WINDOW-

Movie · Director

1998
Atlantic Fog Area et poster

Atlantic Fog Area et

Movie · Director

1998
KU MI KO poster

KU MI KO

Movie · Director

1998
THRASHGIRLS poster

THRASHGIRLS

Movie · Director

1998
TAKAHIKO TAKAYANAGI poster

TAKAHIKO TAKAYANAGI

Movie · Director

1998
Alley Child poster

Alley Child

Movie · Director

1998
Rabbit Hunting poster

Rabbit Hunting

Movie · Director

1998
KU MI KO #2 poster

KU MI KO #2

Movie · Director

1998
Morning High poster

Morning High

Movie · Director

1997
BRUCE poster

BRUCE

Movie · Director

1997
BACON poster

BACON

Movie · Director

1997
The Mirage, The Horizon (Short Version) poster

The Mirage, The Horizon (Short Version)

Movie · Director

1997
Night of Orley poster

Night of Orley

Movie · Director

1997
功夫 GIRL poster

功夫 GIRL

Movie · Director

1997
SMOKING HIGH poster

SMOKING HIGH

Movie · Director

1997
s-cam poster

s-cam

Movie · Director

1997
Zetcho: The Acme (Short Version) poster

Zetcho: The Acme (Short Version)

Movie · Director

1997
SUICIDE BOX poster

SUICIDE BOX

Movie · Director

1997
SWEAT OF FLOOR poster

SWEAT OF FLOOR

Movie · Director

1997
SEXUAL INTERCOURSE CAMERA #1 poster

SEXUAL INTERCOURSE CAMERA #1

Movie · Director

1997
WALL poster

WALL

Movie · Director

1997
WINTER SQUARE poster

WINTER SQUARE

Movie · Director

1997
SEXUAL INTERCOURSE CAMERA #4 poster

SEXUAL INTERCOURSE CAMERA #4

Movie · Director

1997
Bourbon Time poster

Bourbon Time

Movie · Director

1997
The Mirage, The Horizon poster

The Mirage, The Horizon

Movie · Director

1997
The Air-Conditioning System poster

The Air-Conditioning System

Movie · Director

1997
Zetcho: The Acme poster

Zetcho: The Acme

Movie · Director

1997
Blue Max poster

Blue Max

Movie · Director

1997
TRIANGLE⊿SLANT poster

TRIANGLE⊿SLANT

Movie · Director

1997
START! poster

START!

Movie · Director

1997
Sketch of KANAHAMA MakeUp#2 poster

Sketch of KANAHAMA MakeUp#2

Movie · Director

1997
Sketch of Kanahama: What Comes Next... poster

Sketch of Kanahama: What Comes Next...

Movie · Director

1997
Suicide Rehearsal poster

Suicide Rehearsal

Movie · Director

1997
Sketch of Kanahama: Suicide Training — Reel 4 poster

Sketch of Kanahama: Suicide Training — Reel 4

Movie · Director

1997
V-GST from The Air-Conditioning System poster

V-GST from The Air-Conditioning System

Movie · Director

1996
SHOUT at DAWN poster

SHOUT at DAWN

Movie · Director

1996
The Lightning Train poster

The Lightning Train

Movie · Director

1996
N poster

N

Movie · Director

1996
Light Of Darkness poster

Light Of Darkness

Movie · Director

1996
The Memory of Celluloid (Revised Version) poster

The Memory of Celluloid (Revised Version)

Movie · Director

1996
The World of Kaoru Tachibana poster

The World of Kaoru Tachibana

Movie · Director

1996
View poster

View

Movie · Director

1996
The Underground Water (Short Version) poster

The Underground Water (Short Version)

Movie · Director

1996
Light of Darkness (Summer Sketch) poster

Light of Darkness (Summer Sketch)

Movie · Director

1996
The Aquarium City (Short Version) poster

The Aquarium City (Short Version)

Movie · Director

1996
Cassiopeia Land poster

Cassiopeia Land

Movie · Director

1996
MY SIGHT -VANCOUVER編- poster

MY SIGHT -VANCOUVER編-

Movie · Director

1996
The Aquarium City poster

The Aquarium City

Movie · Director

1996
Out of Frame poster

Out of Frame

Movie · Director

1996
The Underground Water poster

The Underground Water

Movie · Director

1996
Light Point poster

Light Point

Movie · Director

1996
Ecrips of Hunting poster

Ecrips of Hunting

Movie · Director

1995
Canvas (Short Version) poster

Canvas (Short Version)

Movie · Director

1995
SONG poster

SONG

Movie · Director

1995
STORNS poster

STORNS

Movie · Director

1995
CAT & CURTAIN poster

CAT & CURTAIN

Movie · Director

1995
Suburban Midnight Serial Murder Case (Prologue) poster

Suburban Midnight Serial Murder Case (Prologue)

Movie · Director

1995
HORAIZON poster

HORAIZON

Movie · Director

1995
SMILE FILM poster

SMILE FILM

Movie · Director

1995
Midnight Train poster

Midnight Train

Movie · Director

1995
Squareworld (Short Version) poster

Squareworld (Short Version)

Movie · Director

1995
Squareworld poster

Squareworld

Movie · Director

1995
Midnight Symphony poster

Midnight Symphony

Movie · Director

1995
Afterimage Of Summer: My Grandpa poster

Afterimage Of Summer: My Grandpa

Movie · Director

1995
Sketch of Kanahama, the Repair Worker poster

Sketch of Kanahama, the Repair Worker

Movie · Director

1995
ILLUSION MAP

ILLUSION MAP

Movie · Director

1994
Cat Position poster

Cat Position

Movie · Director

1994
SWEET VOICE poster

SWEET VOICE

Movie · Director

1994
Summertime Landscape poster

Summertime Landscape

Movie · Director

1994
Canvas (Mid-lenght Version) poster

Canvas (Mid-lenght Version)

Movie · Director

1994
LONELY FIGURE RAILWAY poster

LONELY FIGURE RAILWAY

Movie · Director

1994
In the Shadow of a Tree poster

In the Shadow of a Tree

Movie · Director

1994
Afterimage Of Summer: My Grandpa (Short Version) poster

Afterimage Of Summer: My Grandpa (Short Version)

Movie · Director

1994
Sorrowful Summer poster

Sorrowful Summer

Movie · Director

1994
Summertime Landscape Express poster

Summertime Landscape Express

Movie · Director

1994
Let's Go to Yosuke Okawado's House poster

Let's Go to Yosuke Okawado's House

Movie · Director

1993
Curtain poster

Curtain

Movie · Director

1993
First Anniversary poster

First Anniversary

Movie · Director

1993
BURN poster

BURN

Movie · Director

1993
Nightshift poster

Nightshift

Movie · Director

1993
Film Passion '93 poster

Film Passion '93

Movie · Director

1993
Canvas poster

Canvas

Movie · Director

1993
Afterimage Of Summer poster

Afterimage Of Summer

Movie · Director

1993
Celluloid Memory poster

Celluloid Memory

Movie · Director

1993
Kareki no uta o kiku mono nashi

Kareki no uta o kiku mono nashi

Movie · Director

1992
Yu-so poster

Yu-so

Movie · Director

1992
DEEP SKY poster

DEEP SKY

Movie · Director

1992
WINTER SPOT poster

WINTER SPOT

Movie · Director

1992
DEEP SKY Part II poster

DEEP SKY Part II

Movie · Director

1992
SOUL ICN poster

SOUL ICN

Movie · Director

1992
WHITE poster

WHITE

Movie · Director

1991
Garden poster

Garden

Movie · Director

1991
Santokei poster

Santokei

Movie · Director

1991
Meet The Forest Demon poster

Meet The Forest Demon

Movie · Director

1991
WAVE poster

WAVE

Movie · Director

1991
SHADOW FOREST poster

SHADOW FOREST

Movie · Director

1991
DEEP-SEA FISH poster

DEEP-SEA FISH

Movie · Director

1990
BLOW WIND poster

BLOW WIND

Movie · Director