Actor

Kenji Onishi

Directing

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Movies: 199Series: 0Crew credits: 195

TMDB ID: 1746777

IMDb ID: nm1825150

Known for: Directing

Born: April 13, 1973

Age: 52

Place of birth: Mie Prefecture, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1990 - 2021

Years active: 32

Also known as

大西健児 • Kenji Oonishi

Other jobs

Director (176)Editor (6)Cinematography (5)Producer (4)Director of Photography (3)Assistant Editor (1)

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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.