Filmmaker
Kenji Tanaka
Director & Editor
Introduction
Filmmaker and editor cutting stories with rhythm. Commercials, docs, and music videos — I shape footage until it breathes. Director's eye, editor's patience.
00/ Index
60+
Projects
3
Staff Picks
11
Years
01/ About
I started editing skate videos in high school and learned everything that matters about filmmaking in those cuts: timing, momentum, when to hold and when to let go. I shoot and edit, which means I'm thinking about the cut while the camera's rolling. My work spans brand films, documentary shorts, and music videos — but it's all the same craft underneath: find the pulse of the footage and build everything around it.
Cut to the feeling, then protect it through every revision.
Rhythm · Restraint · Story first · Sound matters
02/ Selected Work
- 01Commercial · Director
Uniqlo — 'Everyday'
60s brand film. Directed and edited. Shot across four seasons in one Tokyo apartment.
- 02Music video · 1.4M views
Shima — 'Tide' (MV)
Music video for indie band Shima. One continuous take, reverse-edited. 1.4M views.
- 03Documentary · Festival
The Last Sento
Documentary short on Tokyo's vanishing bathhouses. Official selection, Yamagata 2023.
03/ Experience
11 years directing and editing across brand, music, and documentary
Director / Editor, Freelance
Brand films and music videos for Uniqlo, Honda, and independent artists. 40+ delivered projects.
Senior Editor, Tokyo Film Collective
Lead editor on two festival documentary shorts and a national ad campaign.
Education
BFA, Film Production — Nihon University College of Art 2013
Capabilities
Directing, Editing (Premiere, DaVinci), Color grading, Sound design, Cinematography, Motion (After Effects)
Certifications
DaVinci Resolve Certified Colorist — Blackmagic Design 2021
04/ Images
05/ Film
06/ Services
- 01 Brand films & commercials
- 02 Music videos
- 03 Documentary
- 04 Editing & post
- 05 Color grading
Booking brand and music projects for next quarter.
Day rate from ¥180,000 · Post from ¥90,000
09/ References
“Kenji finds the cut nobody else sees. He delivered a brand film that felt like a short story.”
10/ Recognition
- Official selection — Yamagata Doc 2023
- 1.4M views on 'Tide'
- Vimeo Staff Pick ×3
12/ Contact