Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis
1990
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"Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis" is a visually striking film portrait shot on location in Japan with the par...
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Acting
Kazuo Ohno
Butoh dancer. Christian. After experiencing WW2, Ohno devoted his life to dance. He introduced the unique dance style “Butoh” to the world. (Courtesy of NPO Dance Archive Network)
Filmography
Browse movies and TV shows featuring Kazuo Ohno
The Written Face
1995
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In Japanese theater, women's roles are traditionally played by men. The man playing the woman's role, the Onnag...
Just Visiting This Planet
1991
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Peter Sempel's masterful poetic film tribute to butoh performer Kazuo Ohno.
Just Visiting This Planet
1991
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Peter Sempel's masterful poetic film tribute to butoh performer Kazuo Ohno.
Dandy
1988
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A selection of seemingly unconnected scenes featuring Nick Cave, Blixa Bargeld, Nina Hagen and Lene Lovich. Los...
Kazuo Ohno: Beauty and Strength
2001
In the 60's and into the 70's, Kazuo Ohno himself produced three 16mm films. His many performances at the "Teat...
Dance of Darkness
1989
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The dark sensibilities and cultural resonances of Butoh, the radical Japanese dance movement, are explored in t...
The Masseurs
1963
Anma (The Masseurs) is a representative and historical work by the creator of Butoh dance, Tatsumi Hijikata in...
Rose Color Dance
1965
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A document of Tatsumi Hijikata's Butoh dance with Kazuo Ohno as the guest dancer shot in Hijikata's early perio...
Dress Rehearsal
1980
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An exhilarating, essayistic documentary about the 1980 festival of experimental theatre in the French city of N...
Kazuo Ohno: I Dance Into the Light
2004
A documentary about legendary butoh dancer Kazuo Ohno.
Flowerbird Butoh: A Way of Life
2015
Comprising historic archive footage and texts this DVD box enlightens us greatly about Yoshito Ohno's here and...
Kazuo Ohno: Like a Soliloquy
2007
This documentary follows one of the creators of the japanese dance Butoh, Kazuo Ohno, 95, and his son, Yoshito...
Mr O's Book of the Dead
1973
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Mr O’s Book of the Dead is the last of a trilogy of experimental films about Kazuo Ohno, co-founder of the cont...
Kazuo Ohno
1995
Kazuo Ohno, Father of the Butoh Dance, first appeared on stage at the age of 43. He left the stage only at the...
9.11-8.15 Nippon Suicide Pact
2006
A film that reconsiders the modern state of Japan in relation to the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the U.S.
The Scene of the Soul
1991
Starring Kazuo Ohno, an inspirational figure in Butoh dance.
A Portrait of Mr O
1969
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A Portrait of Mr O is the first of a trilogy of experimental films about Kazuo Ohno, co-founder of the contempo...
Mandala of Mr O
1971
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Mandala of Mr O is the second of a trilogy of experimental films about Kazuo Ohno, co-founder of the contempora...
"O, Kind God!"
2003
"O,Kind God!"is another take on Kazuo Ohno. This moving testimony to the effects his physical evolution has had...