Kenji Murakami

Look Behind! (2017)

Shooting began with pointing the camera at the sunset seen through the window at home, and continued until all the 8mm film I had was used up. The sound is recorded on a magnetic material coated on the film at the same time as shooting, and the sound on th ...

Jakarta Traveller's Journal (2014)

Sound Hunting (2013)

Production and sale of Fujichrome RT200 sound film stock ended in 1999. It was the ultimate analogue technology allowing audio to be simultaneously recorded. As the director develops his film shot with expired RT200 stock, unique visuals and sounds begin t ...

Fujica Single Green (2013)

A documentary on the Associations of Silverpencils screening hosted in Higashimurayama. The Film features 8mm films and interviews. ...

NONFIX (2012)

NONFIX: The End of Film! The Future of Cinema is Transformed by Digital! Hokkaido Sex museum! Film by Kenji Murakami. ...

LAST CUT (2011)

8mm short by Kenji Murakami. ...

Zomvideo (2011)

Aiko and Hashimoto discovere a VHS videotape called "A Guide to Surviving Zombies From". This is a video with a set of instructions that will help them cope with the invasion of the undead living in Japan. ...

Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro Nagurikomi! Gekijō-ban Okinawa-hen (2011)

The documentary version of "Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro" titled "Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro Nagurikomi!" series. "Gekijō-ban Kantō-hen" takes viewers inside a haunted place in Okinawa that still bears the scars of the Pacific War! ...

Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro Nagurikomi! Gekijō-ban Kantō-hen (2011)

The documentary version of "Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro" titled "Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro Nagurikomi!" series. "Gekijō-ban Kantō-hen" takes viewers into the magical mountains of Tanigawa-dake, where the largest number of people have been lost in Japan, and into ...

Associations of Silverpencils (2011)

This is a film about a medium approaching extinction, an 8mm documentary film about a vanishing 8mm cinema. Blending two genres, the science film and the personal film, and benefiting from the participation of multiple generations of cineastes, it is a ref ...

Paranormal Phenomenon 2 (2010)

Two tales of phenomena: In the ruins of Chiba prefecture, a video of a woman sobbing in the middle of the night and a bizarre video recording left by a mountaineer who went missing three years prior. ...

Saikin rettō (2009)

Alldays Rising sun on the Second street (2008)

The movie's title is a play on the popular Always - Sunset on Third Street films and also deals with circumstances 1950's Tokyo, but focuses on the homosexual district of Shinjuku ni-chome. ...

Tales of Terror: Cow Woman (2007)

The cow woman is believed to be the sign of a huge catastrophe that is about to occur. It is said that she dies when the catastrophe is over. In some regions, the cow woman is worshiped as a prophet who warns of future misfortune. Asuka, who has joined a t ...

Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 3, Part 2 (2007)

A new season of the acclaimed series finishes with these twenty sensational shorts capturing the essence of psychological terror with chilling visuals. ...

Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Go Ya (2006)

Tales of Terror: Final Night 2 (2006)

The second volume of the popular ghost story TV series "Ghost Story Shin Mimibukuro," based on the real-life ghost story book "Shin Mimibukuro," includes the final series. It features notable actresses such as Mari Hoshino of "Sayonara Midori Chan" fame. I ...

Tales of Terror: Final Night 1 (2006)

This is the first volume to include the final series of the popular ghost story TV series "Ghost Story Shin Mimibukuro," based on the true-life ghost story book "Shin Mimibukuro. It contains all 10 episodes. ...

Phantasmagoria: A Collection of Images Sealed in Darkness (2006)

This is the DVD version of the video event held at Loft Plus One in Shinjuku on September 10th, supervised by Chiaki Konaka. 5 presenters gathered with "truly scary films" they had discovered. The DVD includes "Home Movie", "Honeymoon", "Blue Film", "Psych ...

Who's The Most Annoying? (2006)

The second of two shorts detailing the further adventures of the Yokai. ...

Dear Mrs Ougi Chikage (2006)

Kenji Murakami seeks out legendary wildman director Kenji Onishi and arranges a meeting with director Yoko Oguchi. The meeting turns unexpectedly intense... ...

Whose Hotcakes Are These? (2006)

The first of two shorts detailing the further adventures of the Yokai. ...

Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Yon Ya (2005)

Aimi and her father move into an old, apartment building and learn quickly that things are not normal here. The landlord warns Aimi and her father of the curfew. First, all residents must cross the rope in front of the property by midnight. Second, no one ...

Psychic Mystery File: Cursed Spirit 2 – The Curse of the Murder Scene (2005)

The victims' grievous resentment is still unquenched! A horror of fear and shivers! After you finish watching the drama, more shivering images will hit you! Five bizarre tales that invite you into a world of horror. ...

The Devil's Cop Festival (2004)

Fifth installment of Deka Matsuri omnibus series. ...

Born In Summer (1998)

A filmmaker plays with diary-docu and fiction as his camera joins his ventures into a phone dating club. Bored to death, hormones running, and desperately wanting to talk to someone his own age (preferably a girl), he walks into a local phone dating club. ...

A Port in Vain (1996)

Industry to cash ghosts (2017)

This work is a confession of the genre of video-through horror docs and its terminal situation. ...

SPRITE (2013)

‎The film heritage of Yukiyasu Shimada. ...

Film workshop when there is no more FILM! (2013)

Kenji Onishi short film time-lapse projection at YIDFF 2013 (Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival). ...

Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro Nagurikomi! Gekijō-ban Okinawa-hen (2011)

The documentary version of "Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro" titled "Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro Nagurikomi!" series. "Gekijō-ban Kantō-hen" takes viewers inside a haunted place in Okinawa that still bears the scars of the Pacific War! ...

Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro Nagurikomi! Gekijō-ban Kantō-hen (2011)

The documentary version of "Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro" titled "Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro Nagurikomi!" series. "Gekijō-ban Kantō-hen" takes viewers into the magical mountains of Tanigawa-dake, where the largest number of people have been lost in Japan, and into ...

Associations of Silverpencils (2011)

This is a film about a medium approaching extinction, an 8mm documentary film about a vanishing 8mm cinema. Blending two genres, the science film and the personal film, and benefiting from the participation of multiple generations of cineastes, it is a ref ...

Coming Future (2010)

Nakagawa shot "Coming Future" on the nights of December 24 and 25, 2010 in Shibuya, making it his location for an idealized Bohemia in the heart of Tokyo. Interesting interviews/discussions with Kenji Murakami, Nobuhiro Yamashita, Kenji Onishi, Tetsuaki Ma ...

Dear Mrs Ougi Chikage (2006)

Kenji Murakami seeks out legendary wildman director Kenji Onishi and arranges a meeting with director Yoko Oguchi. The meeting turns unexpectedly intense... ...

PRAGUE (Short Version) (2003)

A man fingering the girl before killing her. Camera cuts to blue sky and cat. A man choking his girl. Onishi at his usual with framing, extreme close-ups, expectations and black inserts. ...

PRAGUE (2003)

A man fingering the girl before killing her. Camera cuts to blue sky and cat. A man choking his girl. Onishi at his usual with framing, extreme close-ups, expectations and black inserts. ...

KE/FA: Fake Sister (1999)

8mm film by Yukiyasu Shimada. Performed by Shimada and Ichigo-chan. Shooting assistance by Kenji Onishi. ...

Born In Summer (1998)

A filmmaker plays with diary-docu and fiction as his camera joins his ventures into a phone dating club. Bored to death, hormones running, and desperately wanting to talk to someone his own age (preferably a girl), he walks into a local phone dating club. ...

The Underground Water (Short Version) (1996)

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 and grey trees. Dry leaves, wooden floors and a young man ...

The Underground Water (1996)

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 and grey trees. Dry leaves, wooden floors and a young man ...