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 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.
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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
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Min Tanaka
Himself
Ushio Amagatsu
Yoshiyuki Takada
Keiji Morita
Goro Namerikawa
Atsushi Ogata
Masaku Kaita
Toshiyuki Tanigawa
Ko Murobushi
Koichi Tamano
Shusei Asada
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