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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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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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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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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