Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Born
April 13, 1973 (age 52)
Place of Birth
Mie Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As
大西健児
Kenji Oonishi
Kenji Onishi
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
Coming Future
2010
Film
Out of Frame (Short Version)
1996
Film
Out of Frame
1996
Film
The Underground Water
1996
Film
The Underground Water (Short Version)
1996
Film
SPRITE
2013
Film
Associations of Silverpencils
2011
Film
Zetcho: The Acme (Short Version)
1997
Film
PRAGUE
2003
Film
VIDA
2008
Film
Squareworld (Short Version)
1995
Film
Aquarium City
1996
Film
Dear Mrs Ougi Chikage
2006
Film
Hardcandy
1998
Film
Zetcho: The Acme
1997
Film
PRAGUE (Short Version)
2003
Film
Squareworld
1995
Film
Blue Max
1997
Film
MAKING OF SHIROYASHA
2004
Film
Aquarium City (Short Version)
1996
Filmography
2016FilmYasuda Satoru World Trip vol.32013FilmSPRITE2011FilmAssociations of Silverpencils2010FilmA Chinese Fisherman2010FilmComing Future2010FilmMISS JUPITER & MR CLITORIS2008FilmVIDA2006FilmDear Mrs Ougi Chikage2004FilmMAKING OF SHIROYASHA2003FilmPRAGUE (Short Version)2003FilmPRAGUE1998FilmHardcandy1997FilmZetcho: The Acme (Short Version)1997FilmZetcho: The Acme1997FilmBlue Max1996FilmOut of Frame (Short Version)1996FilmAquarium City (Short Version)1996FilmThe Underground Water (Short Version)1996FilmAquarium City1996FilmThe Underground Water1996FilmOut of Frame1995FilmSquareworld (Short Version)1995FilmSquareworld