Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis
01/01/1990
2h
"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
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
Ushio Amagatsu
Yoshiyuki Takada
Keiji Morita
Goro Namerikawa
Atsushi Ogata
Masaku Kaita
Toshiyuki Tanigawa
Ko Murobushi
Koichi Tamano
Shusei Asada
Hikaru Otsubo
Katsuyoshi Yamamura
Kinya Tsuruyama
Nobutaka Kuwabara
Mutsuo Tanaka
Chiyomi Tamura
Yuri Sakurai
Makiko Tominaga
Fumie Hippo
Takako Suzuki
Satomi Kawakami
Haruko Kudo
Yumiko Saeki
Ima Tenko
Norikazu Sato
Norio Imanishi
Naruhiko Kadawa
Arawakasyu
Ritsu Minatama
Ine Yatsushima
Tsuruko Noguchi
Kasumi Muraki
Torio Nogi
Ismau Ohsuka
Hideki Nakazato
Yoichi Mori
Karuko Aiyama
Kao Arahata
Yukara Nakai
Tomoe Shizune
Harumi Kitaguchi
Ea Sola
Hisako Horikawa
Frank Van De Ven
Francois Evangilisti
Sei Nagatsuka
Yasunari Tamai
Andres Salgado
Tess de Quincy
Kyoko Komatsu
Christine Quoiraud
Katerina Bakatsaki
Naoyuki Oguri
Shoko Ashikawa
Seisaku Ashikawa
Mito Ashikawa
Yukinko Ashikawa
Uzumi Ashikawa
Megumi Ashikawa
Tetsuo Sakaibara
Takeru Kono
Sadahiko Irisawa
Yoshito Ohno
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