Direction: Kenji Onishi

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Kenji Onishi. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Underground Water (short version) (S)

1996 · Documentary · 12 min. · Japan

Direction Kenji Onishi

Plot The Underground Water (1996) comes as an ode to water in its forms and to that connected sounds, ice, drinking, mirroring, bathing, washing, pearling on a window, raindrops, reflecting architecture...

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A Burning Star

1995 · Documentary · 95 min. · Japan

Direction Kenji Onishi

Plot Depiction of the physicality of destruction and disappearance through images of the Japanese filmmaker’s father who dies and is cremated.

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Rabbit Hunting (S)

1998 · Documentary · 16 min. · Japan

Direction Kenji Onishi

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Bourbon Time (S)

1997 · Documentary · 8 min. · Japan

Direction Kenji Onishi

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A Burning Star (short version) (S)

1995 · Documentary · 18 min. · Japan

Direction Kenji Onishi

Plot Depiction of the physicality of destruction and disappearance through images of the Japanese filmmaker’s father who dies and is cremated.

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Midnight Train (S)

1995 · Documentary · 4 min. · Japan

Direction Kenji Onishi

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Pornogriffith (S)

2004 · Documentary · 3 min. · Japan

Direction Kenji Onishi

Plot Pornogriffith (2004) is a shaking, raining, burning and exploding screen of colours and a hammering sound. Scratching like in the good old years, bubbling along a wild mixture of black...

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Ektadiary (S)

2000 · Documentary · 4 min. · Japan

Direction Kenji Onishi

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Almost Ghost

2017 · Documentary · 80 min. · Japan

Direction Kenji Onishi

Plot 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 garden. It is a documentary...

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Aquarium City

1996 · Documentary · 76 min. · Japan

Direction Kenji Onishi

Plot It is all flickering neon-light with Aquarium City (1996), a feature film of 76 minutes, using black inserts and the structure of the tatami again. Blue and grey are the...

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