CinemaOSMovie · 1990 · 1h 30m

Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

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"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.

Directed byMichael Blackwood

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 30m
Language
EN
Released
January 1, 1990
Studios
Michael Blackwood Productions

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Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis 2K [remaster]

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10 credited
Starring

Yoko Ashikawa

Herself - Interviewee

Akiko Motofuji

Herself - Interviewee

Nario Goda

Himself

Tatsumi Hijikata

Himself

Yukio Waguri

Himself

Akaji Maro

Akaji Maro

Himself

Natsu Nakajima

Herself

Sanae Hiruta

Herself

Kazuo Ohno

Kazuo Ohno

Himself

Min Tanaka

Min Tanaka

Himself

Creative team
Directed by
Michael Blackwood
Michael Blackwood
Written by
Bonnie Sue Stein
Lynn Piasecki
Produced by
Michael Blackwood
Michael Blackwood

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