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Kenji Onishi

Directing

Kenji Onishi

JA, EN, XX cinema · 219 credits

Born

13 April 1973 (age 53)

Birthplace

Mie Prefecture, Japan

Also known as 大西健児 · Kenji Oonishi

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

Filmography

Tokyo 100 Yen and Rat Man poster

Tokyo 100 Yen and Rat Man

JANot rated

Director

IDOM's Testament IV poster

IDOM's Testament IV

EN · 2022Not rated

Cinematography

IDOM's Testament Ⅲ poster

IDOM's Testament Ⅲ

JA · 2021Not rated

Editor

The Chichibu poster

The Chichibu

JA · 2021Not rated

Editor

IDOM's Testament Ⅲ (short version) poster

IDOM's Testament Ⅲ (short version)

JA · 2021Not rated

Editor, Cinematography

IDOM's Testament  II poster

IDOM's Testament II

JA · 2020Not rated

Editor, Cinematography

-YAMASE- poster

-YAMASE-

JA · 2019Not rated

Director

Thank you, Bukō-san poster

Thank you, Bukō-san

JA · 2019Not rated

Cinematography

Look Behind! poster

Look Behind!

JA · 2017Not rated

Producer

Almost Ghost poster

Almost Ghost

JA · 2017Not rated

Director

Yasuda Satoru World Trip vol.3 poster

Yasuda Satoru World Trip vol.3

JA · 2016Not rated

Actor, Producer

Funeral in the Wind poster

Funeral in the Wind

JA · 2016Not rated

Cinematography, Editor

Dynamite Traverse Variations poster

Dynamite Traverse Variations

EN · 2016Not rated

Editor

Setouchi poster

Setouchi

JA · 2016Not rated

Editor

GLASSHALL poster

GLASSHALL

JA · 2015Not rated

Director

Chichibu Rest poster

Chichibu Rest

JA · 2015Not rated

Director

PYRAMID: Kaleidoscope Memories of Destruction poster

PYRAMID: Kaleidoscope Memories of Destruction

JA · 20157.0

Director of Photography, Editor

SPRITE poster

SPRITE

JA · 2013Not rated

Actor, Editor, Cinematography

Film Pilgrimage in Niigata: Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial poster

Film Pilgrimage in Niigata: Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial

JA · 2013Not rated

Actor

Akira Tsuboi Documents poster

Akira Tsuboi Documents

JA · 2013Not rated

Director

Film workshop when there is no more FILM! poster

Film workshop when there is no more FILM!

JA · 2013Not rated

Director

Sound Hunting poster

Sound Hunting

JA · 2013Not rated

Producer

Fujica Single Green poster

Fujica Single Green

JA · 2013Not rated

Director

Chichibu Rest poster

Chichibu Rest

JA · 2013Not rated

Director of Photography

Dog's Ornaments poster

Dog's Ornaments

JA · 20136.0

Director of Photography

RE HOME MOVIE poster

RE HOME MOVIE

JA · 2013Not rated

Director

A Quiet Island poster

A Quiet Island

JA · 2013Not rated

Director, Editor

Tanzan session poster

Tanzan session

JA · 2012Not rated

Director

Film Workshop In OSAKA - Winter poster

Film Workshop In OSAKA - Winter

JA · 2012Not rated

Director

Light Spends Life poster

Light Spends Life

JA · 2012Not rated

Director

a dog at SANGENJAYA poster

a dog at SANGENJAYA

JA · 2012Not rated

Director

RULEBOOK of the END poster

RULEBOOK of the END

XX · 2012Not rated

Director

Nostalghia Nostalghia poster

Nostalghia Nostalghia

XX · 2012Not rated

Director

Association Of Silverpencils 8mm Film Workshop poster

Association Of Silverpencils 8mm Film Workshop

JA · 2012Not rated

Director

Cat Dream poster

Cat Dream

JA · 2012Not rated

Director

WELCOME TO LEVEL5 poster

WELCOME TO LEVEL5

JA · 2012Not rated

Director

Film Workshop In SANGENJAYA - Spring poster

Film Workshop In SANGENJAYA - Spring

JA · 2012Not rated

Director

Film Workshop In SANGENJAYA - Summer poster

Film Workshop In SANGENJAYA - Summer

JA · 2012Not rated

Director

Associations of Silverpencils poster

Associations of Silverpencils

JA · 2011Not rated

Actor, Director

Radioactive Boy poster

Radioactive Boy

JA · 2011Not rated

Director

Screening For Old Men

2011

Screening For Old Men

JA · 2011Not rated

Director

EDGE CUTTERS poster

EDGE CUTTERS

JA · 2011Not rated

Director

Golden Era: Newclear Exposed poster

Golden Era: Newclear Exposed

XX · 2011Not rated

Director

Quiet Ghost poster

Quiet Ghost

JA · 2011Not rated

Director

A Chinese Fisherman poster

A Chinese Fisherman

JA · 2010Not rated

Actor

Coming Future poster

Coming Future

JA · 2010Not rated

Actor

MISS JUPITER & MR CLITORIS poster

MISS JUPITER & MR CLITORIS

JA · 2010Not rated

Actor

Buchou to UFO-gokko poster

Buchou to UFO-gokko

JA · 2010Not rated

Actor

AFTERIMAGE OF SUMMER poster

AFTERIMAGE OF SUMMER

JA · 2010Not rated

Director

EDGE CUTTERS poster

EDGE CUTTERS

JA · 2010Not rated

Director

Silver Pencils poster

Silver Pencils

JA · 2010Not rated

Director

SHOUT at DAWN poster

SHOUT at DAWN

JA · 2010Not rated

Director

UFO Flying Course poster

UFO Flying Course

JA · 2010Not rated

Director

Blue Nostalgia poster

Blue Nostalgia

JA · 2010Not rated

Director

Lantern Sight poster

Lantern Sight

XX · 2010Not rated

Director

EDGE CUTTERS poster

EDGE CUTTERS

JA · 2010Not rated

Director

DOC for DOCs poster

DOC for DOCs

JA · 2009Not rated

Director

Cinediary May poster

Cinediary May

JA · 2009Not rated

Director

Cinediary February poster

Cinediary February

JA · 2009Not rated

Director

Cinediary March poster

Cinediary March

JA · 2009Not rated

Director

Chromemile poster

Chromemile

JA · 2009Not rated

Director

REHEARSAL of WIZARD poster

REHEARSAL of WIZARD

JA · 2009Not rated

Director

Furuyashiki Village Freeloader poster

Furuyashiki Village Freeloader

JA · 2009Not rated

Director

VIDA poster

VIDA

JA · 2008Not rated

Actor, Director

Field Feet poster

Field Feet

JA · 2008Not rated

Director

Earthmile poster

Earthmile

JA · 2007Not rated

Director

Cold Fish poster

Cold Fish

JA · 2007Not rated

Director

EKTADREAM poster

EKTADREAM

JA · 2007Not rated

Director

FUJICABLUEを目指 poster

FUJICABLUEを目指

JA · 2007Not rated

Director

YAMATO LIVE poster

YAMATO LIVE

JA · 2007Not rated

Director

RAPE BOY poster

RAPE BOY

JA · 2007Not rated

Director

SILVERROSE poster

SILVERROSE

JA · 2007Not rated

Director

REHEARSAL of WIZARD poster

REHEARSAL of WIZARD

JA · 2007Not rated

Director

KODABLOOD poster

KODABLOOD

JA · 2007Not rated

Director

Real Access Discommunication poster

Real Access Discommunication

JA · 2007Not rated

Cinematography

FUJICABLUE poster

FUJICABLUE

JA · 2007Not rated

Director

Crazy Exposure poster

Crazy Exposure

JA · 2007Not rated

Director

FUJICABLUE 孤独な映画 poster

FUJICABLUE 孤独な映画

JA · 2007Not rated

Director

REHEARSAL of WIZARD poster

REHEARSAL of WIZARD

JA · 2007Not rated

Director

Dear Mrs Ougi Chikage poster

Dear Mrs Ougi Chikage

JA · 2006Not rated

Actor

Zeiss The Last Chapter of Broadcast poster

Zeiss The Last Chapter of Broadcast

JA · 2006Not rated

Director

A Pink Sledge poster

A Pink Sledge

JA · 2006Not rated

Director

An Acidbrown poster

An Acidbrown

JA · 2006Not rated

Director

Grass Hole poster

Grass Hole

JA · 2006Not rated

Director

Maron Fairy poster

Maron Fairy

JA · 2006Not rated

Director

Mashroom Dream poster

Mashroom Dream

JA · 2006Not rated

Director

Electric Pinokio (Short Version) poster

Electric Pinokio (Short Version)

JA · 2005Not rated

Director

FUJICABLUEを目指 poster

FUJICABLUEを目指

JA · 2005Not rated

Director

Garden Green poster

Garden Green

JA · 2005Not rated

Director

Snow Spot poster

Snow Spot

JA · 2005Not rated

Director

Electronic Pinokio poster

Electronic Pinokio

JA · 2005Not rated

Director

MAKING OF SHIROYASHA poster

MAKING OF SHIROYASHA

JA · 2004Not rated

Actor, Director

PORNOGRIFFITH poster

PORNOGRIFFITH

JA · 2004Not rated

Director

PRAGUE poster

PRAGUE

JA · 2003Not rated

Actor, Director

Sesami Spirit poster

Sesami Spirit

JA · 2003Not rated

Director

My Little Sister And Bruckner poster

My Little Sister And Bruckner

JA · 2003Not rated

Cinematography

Ode to Beauty poster

Ode to Beauty

JA · 2003Not rated

Director

FLAHERTY SEMINAR 2002 poster

FLAHERTY SEMINAR 2002

JA · 2002Not rated

Director

肉食獣 HAM poster

肉食獣 HAM

JA · 2002Not rated

Director

F.F.F. UNCUT poster

F.F.F. UNCUT

JA · 200210.0

Director

F.F.F. poster

F.F.F.

JA · 20026.2

Director

Book of Genesis poster

Book of Genesis

XX · 2002Not rated

Director

F.F.F. (Short Version) poster

F.F.F. (Short Version)

JA · 2002Not rated

Director

DYNASTY 6B poster

DYNASTY 6B

JA · 2001Not rated

Director

East End poster

East End

EN · 2001Not rated

Director

Midori poster

Midori

JA · 2001Not rated

Cinematography

Out of Frame (Short Version) poster

Out of Frame (Short Version)

JA · 2000Not rated

Actor, Director, Screenplay

NOTHING GOSE poster

NOTHING GOSE

JA · 2000Not rated

Director

EKTADIARY: NIGHT COLOURS poster

EKTADIARY: NIGHT COLOURS

JA · 2000Not rated

Director

Foulplay, Colored Strowberry, On Air poster

Foulplay, Colored Strowberry, On Air

JA · 2000Not rated

Director

Northern Lights (Short Version) poster

Northern Lights (Short Version)

JA · 1999Not rated

Director

A Burning Star poster

A Burning Star

JA · 19995.0

Director

KE/FA: Fake Sister poster

KE/FA: Fake Sister

JA · 19997.8

Cinematography

A Burning Star (Short Version) poster

A Burning Star (Short Version)

XX · 19995.0

Director

Northern Lights poster

Northern Lights

XX · 1999Not rated

Director

Hardcandy poster

Hardcandy

JA · 1998Not rated

Actor, Director

Road Runner poster

Road Runner

JA · 1998Not rated

Director

Ecrips of Hunting (Short Version) poster

Ecrips of Hunting (Short Version)

JA · 1998Not rated

Director

Footsteps poster

Footsteps

JA · 1998Not rated

Director

車窓 -WINDOW- poster

車窓 -WINDOW-

JA · 1998Not rated

Director

Atlantic Fog Area et poster

Atlantic Fog Area et

JA · 1998Not rated

Director

KU MI KO poster

KU MI KO

JA · 1998Not rated

Director

THRASHGIRLS poster

THRASHGIRLS

JA · 1998Not rated

Director

TAKAHIKO TAKAYANAGI poster

TAKAHIKO TAKAYANAGI

JA · 1998Not rated

Director

Alley Child poster

Alley Child

JA · 1998Not rated

Director

Rabbit Hunting poster

Rabbit Hunting

JA · 1998Not rated

Director

KU MI KO #2 poster

KU MI KO #2

JA · 1998Not rated

Director

Morning High poster

Morning High

JA · 1998Not rated

Director

Zetcho: The Acme poster

Zetcho: The Acme

JA · 1997Not rated

Actor, Director

Zetcho: The Acme (Short Version) poster

Zetcho: The Acme (Short Version)

JA · 1997Not rated

Actor, Director

Blue Max poster

Blue Max

JA · 1997Not rated

Actor, Director

BRUCE poster

BRUCE

JA · 1997Not rated

Director

BACON poster

BACON

JA · 1997Not rated

Director

The Mirage, The Horizon (Short Version) poster

The Mirage, The Horizon (Short Version)

JA · 1997Not rated

Director

Night of Orley poster

Night of Orley

JA · 1997Not rated

Director

功夫 GIRL poster

功夫 GIRL

JA · 1997Not rated

Director

SMOKING HIGH poster

SMOKING HIGH

JA · 1997Not rated

Director

s-cam poster

s-cam

JA · 1997Not rated

Director

SUICIDE BOX poster

SUICIDE BOX

JA · 1997Not rated

Director

SWEAT OF FLOOR poster

SWEAT OF FLOOR

JA · 1997Not rated

Director

SEXUAL INTERCOURSE CAMERA #1 poster

SEXUAL INTERCOURSE CAMERA #1

JA · 1997Not rated

Director

WALL poster

WALL

JA · 1997Not rated

Director

WINTER SQUARE poster

WINTER SQUARE

JA · 1997Not rated

Director

SEXUAL INTERCOURSE CAMERA #4 poster

SEXUAL INTERCOURSE CAMERA #4

JA · 1997Not rated

Director

TRIANGLE⊿SLANT poster

TRIANGLE⊿SLANT

JA · 1997Not rated

Producer, Director

Bourbon Time poster

Bourbon Time

JA · 1997Not rated

Director

The Mirage, The Horizon poster

The Mirage, The Horizon

JA · 1997Not rated

Director

The Air-Conditioning System poster

The Air-Conditioning System

JA · 1997Not rated

Director

START! poster

START!

JA · 1997Not rated

Director

Sketch of KANAHAMA MakeUp#2 poster

Sketch of KANAHAMA MakeUp#2

JA · 1997Not rated

Director

Sketch of Kanahama: What Comes Next... poster

Sketch of Kanahama: What Comes Next...

JA · 1997Not rated

Director

Suicide Rehearsal poster

Suicide Rehearsal

JA · 1997Not rated

Director

Sketch of Kanahama: Suicide Training — Reel 4 poster

Sketch of Kanahama: Suicide Training — Reel 4

JA · 1997Not rated

Director

V-GST from The Air-Conditioning System poster

V-GST from The Air-Conditioning System

JA · 1997Not rated

Director

The Aquarium City poster

The Aquarium City

JA · 1996Not rated

Actor, Director

The Underground Water poster

The Underground Water

JA · 1996Not rated

Actor, Director

The Underground Water (Short Version) poster

The Underground Water (Short Version)

JA · 1996Not rated

Actor, Director

The Aquarium City (Short Version) poster

The Aquarium City (Short Version)

JA · 1996Not rated

Actor, Director

Out of Frame poster

Out of Frame

JA · 1996Not rated

Actor, Director, Screenplay

SHOUT at DAWN poster

SHOUT at DAWN

JA · 1996Not rated

Director

The Lightning Train poster

The Lightning Train

JA · 1996Not rated

Director

N poster

N

JA · 19965.5

Director

Light Of Darkness poster

Light Of Darkness

JA · 1996Not rated

Director

The Memory of Celluloid (Revised Version) poster

The Memory of Celluloid (Revised Version)

JA · 1996Not rated

Director

The World of Kaoru Tachibana poster

The World of Kaoru Tachibana

JA · 1996Not rated

Director

View poster

View

JA · 1996Not rated

Director

Light of Darkness (Summer Sketch) poster

Light of Darkness (Summer Sketch)

JA · 1996Not rated

Director

Cassiopeia Land poster

Cassiopeia Land

JA · 1996Not rated

Director

MY SIGHT -VANCOUVER編- poster

MY SIGHT -VANCOUVER編-

JA · 1996Not rated

Director

Light Point poster

Light Point

XX · 19966.0

Director

Organ poster

Organ

JA · 19965.8

Assistant Editor

Ecrips of Hunting poster

Ecrips of Hunting

JA · 1996Not rated

Director

Squareworld (Short Version) poster

Squareworld (Short Version)

JA · 1995Not rated

Actor, Director

Squareworld poster

Squareworld

JA · 19954.0

Actor, Director

Sketch of Kanahama, the Repair Worker poster

Sketch of Kanahama, the Repair Worker

JA · 1995Not rated

Actor, Director

Canvas (Short Version) poster

Canvas (Short Version)

JA · 1995Not rated

Director

SONG poster

SONG

JA · 1995Not rated

Director

STORNS poster

STORNS

JA · 1995Not rated

Director

CAT & CURTAIN poster

CAT & CURTAIN

JA · 19955.0

Director

Suburban Midnight Serial Murder Case (Prologue) poster

Suburban Midnight Serial Murder Case (Prologue)

JA · 1995Not rated

Director

HORAIZON poster

HORAIZON

JA · 1995Not rated

Director

SMILE FILM poster

SMILE FILM

JA · 1995Not rated

Director

Midnight Train poster

Midnight Train

JA · 1995Not rated

Director

Midnight Symphony poster

Midnight Symphony

JA · 1995Not rated

Director

Afterimage Of Summer: My Grandpa poster

Afterimage Of Summer: My Grandpa

JA · 1995Not rated

Director

幻彩地图

1995

ILLUSION MAP

JA · 1995Not rated

Director

Cat Position poster

Cat Position

JA · 1994Not rated

Director

SWEET VOICE poster

SWEET VOICE

JA · 19947.0

Director

Summertime Landscape poster

Summertime Landscape

JA · 1994Not rated

Director

Canvas (Mid-lenght Version) poster

Canvas (Mid-lenght Version)

JA · 1994Not rated

Director

LONELY FIGURE RAILWAY poster

LONELY FIGURE RAILWAY

JA · 1994Not rated

Director

In the Shadow of a Tree poster

In the Shadow of a Tree

JA · 1994Not rated

Director

Afterimage Of Summer: My Grandpa (Short Version) poster

Afterimage Of Summer: My Grandpa (Short Version)

JA · 1994Not rated

Director

Sorrowful Summer poster

Sorrowful Summer

JA · 1994Not rated

Director

Summertime Landscape Express poster

Summertime Landscape Express

JA · 1994Not rated

Director

Let's Go to Yosuke Okawado's House poster

Let's Go to Yosuke Okawado's House

JA · 1994Not rated

Director

Curtain poster

Curtain

JA · 1993Not rated

Director

First Anniversary poster

First Anniversary

JA · 1993Not rated

Director

BURN poster

BURN

JA · 1993Not rated

Director

Nightshift poster

Nightshift

JA · 1993Not rated

Director

Film Passion '93 poster

Film Passion '93

JA · 1993Not rated

Director

Canvas poster

Canvas

JA · 1993Not rated

Director

Afterimage Of Summer poster

Afterimage Of Summer

JA · 1993Not rated

Director

Celluloid Memory poster

Celluloid Memory

JA · 19937.0

Director

枯れ木の詩を聞く者なし

1993

Kareki no uta o kiku mono nashi

JA · 1993Not rated

Director

Yu-so poster

Yu-so

JA · 1992Not rated

Director

DEEP SKY poster

DEEP SKY

JA · 1992Not rated

Director

WINTER SPOT poster

WINTER SPOT

JA · 1992Not rated

Director

DEEP SKY Part II poster

DEEP SKY Part II

JA · 1992Not rated

Director

SOUL ICN poster

SOUL ICN

JA · 1992Not rated

Director

WHITE poster

WHITE

JA · 1992Not rated

Director

Garden poster

Garden

JA · 1991Not rated

Director

Santokei poster

Santokei

JA · 19915.0

Director

Meet The Forest Demon poster

Meet The Forest Demon

JA · 1991Not rated

Director

WAVE poster

WAVE

JA · 1991Not rated

Director

SHADOW FOREST poster

SHADOW FOREST

JA · 1991Not rated

Director

DEEP-SEA FISH poster

DEEP-SEA FISH

JA · 1991Not rated

Director

BLOW WIND poster

BLOW WIND

JA · 1990Not rated

Director

Mt. Buko poster

Mt. Buko

JA · 1979Not rated

Cinematography