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Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

01/01/1990

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1hr 30min

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Documentary

Body on the Edge of Crisis

STORY

"Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis" is a visually striking film portrait shot on location in Japan with the participation of the major Butoh choreographers and their companies. Although Butoh is often viewed as Japan's equivalent of modern dance, in actuality it has little to do with the rational principles of modernism. Butoh is a theater of improvisation which places the personal experiences of the dancer on center-stage. By reestablishing the ancient Japanese connection of dance, music, and masks, and by recalling the Buddhist death dances of rural Japan, Butoh incorporates much traditional theater. At the same time, it is a movement of resistance against the abandonment of traditional culture to a highly organized consumer-oriented society.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Yoko Ashikawa
  • Akiko Motofuji
  • Nario Goda
  • Tatsumi Hijikata
  • Yukio Waguri

    Directors

  • Michael Blackwood
  • José Montes-Baquer
  • Christian Blackwood

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Michael Blackwood Productions

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Yoko Ashikawa

Herself - Interviewee

Akiko Motofuji

Herself - Interviewee

Nario Goda

Himself

Tatsumi Hijikata

Himself

Yukio Waguri

Himself

Akaji Maro

Himself

Natsu Nakajima

Herself

Sanae Hiruta

Herself

Kazuo Ohno

Himself

Min Tanaka

Himself

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