Butoh

Butoh Dance

A journey through the character and mind of Conan Amok, a contemporary Butoh dancer who takes his traditional Japanese performance art onto the neon and gritty streets of Shibuya, Tokyo.

O Nascimento do Butoh

Butoh: Piercing the Mask

This documentary pierces the mystery and mystique of a dance movement adored by the West and largely ignored by the Japanese. It uses archival and modern footage of leading Butoh performers and interviews Butoh specialis

Flowerbird Butoh: A Way of Life

Comprising historic archive footage and texts this DVD box enlightens us greatly about Yoshito Ohno's here and now. Butoh has a distinct starting point, namely, in 1959, with Kinjiki , a duet featuring Tatsumi Hijikata a

Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

"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 e

A Summer Storm: Butoh of Dark Spirit School

Ankoku Butoh is a style of avant-garde dance that established itself in the counter culture experimental arts scene of post WWII Japan. The dance form is thought to have been founded by Tatsumi Hijikata, who both created

Debris Collector - "The Way of Butoh"

"The Way of Butoh" How to express Butoh in everyday life? It's probably everywhere. Perhaps it's everywhere. Across awareness and unconsciousness. Between reality and fiction. Edge of everyday and extraordinary. C

Omophagia Butoh Mother's Day

As part of the 1998 NW Butoh Festival in Olympia, WA, this trio of Arrington de Dionyso, Nathan Woods, and Justin B. Wright performed butoh on (and off) the roof of the Evergreen State College Library building Music was

Kamaitachi in The Show: A Butoh Documentary

WHAT IS BUTOH? A French butoh dancer visits Japan for the first time, to pursue this ultimate question. Lead by the shadows of Tatsumi Hijikata, the founder of butoh, the journey leads him from metropolitan Tokyo to the

Aï amour, Carlotta Ikeda and her butoh

ButoHouse

ButoHouse is a film about concrete, illumination, perseverance and hope.

Yakuza Warfare

Two childhood friends find themselves caught in the midst of an all-out turf war between rival factions in the yakuza-stained region of Kyushu.