Butoh Movies
- 2008
Cherry Blossoms
Cherry Blossoms7.42008HD
After finding out that her husband, Rudi, has a fatal illness, Trudi Angermeier arranges a trip to Berlin so they can see their children. Of course,...
- 1969
Horrors of Malformed Men
Horrors of Malformed Men5.71969HD
After escaping from an insane asylum, a medical student assumes the identity of a mysterious dead man, who appears to be his doppelganger, and gets...
- 1989
Dance of Darkness
Dance of Darkness91989HD
The dark sensibilities and cultural resonances of Butoh, the radical Japanese dance movement, are explored in this multilayered work. Profoundly...
- 2004
Kazuo Ohno: I Dance Into the Light
Kazuo Ohno: I Dance Into the Light02004HD
A documentary about legendary butoh dancer Kazuo Ohno.
- 2020
Dawn
Dawn02020HD
A Collaboration Ima Tenko and Chie Ono.
- 2024
ASTRAKAN
ASTRAKAN92024HD
- 2023
Goblet of Lapiz Iazuli
Goblet of Lapiz Iazuli02023HD
Fill the goblet of lapis Iazuli With the life, joy, sorrow, death of this whole universe. This goblet must scoop up all. Who drifts in the isle of...
- 2014
Uzumi - The Power to Open a Wind Cave
Uzumi - The Power to Open a Wind Cave02014HD
A Butoh Performance by Butoh Company Kiraza.
- 1991
Just Visiting This Planet
Just Visiting This Planet01991HD
Peter Sempel's masterful poetic film tribute to butoh performer Kazuo Ohno.
- 2024
Casting a Light on the Dance of Darkness
Casting a Light on the Dance of Darkness02024HD
“Butoh,” literally “dance of darkness,” is an avant-garde form of dance from Japan that few know about, and even fewer...
- 1990
Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis
Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis81990HD
"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...
- 1960
Navel and A-Bomb
Navel and A-Bomb5.31960HD
Short film in which butoh dancing is used to reflect on the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
- 1973
Mr O's Book of the Dead
Mr O's Book of the Dead6.51973HD
Mr O’s Book of the Dead is the last of a trilogy of experimental films about Kazuo Ohno, co-founder of the contemporary Japanese style of dance...
- 2020
The Body, The Expression of a Creature’s True Nature
The Body, The Expression of a Creature’s True Nature02020HD
The work contains Butoh works and methods by Tomoe Shizune in omnibus format. It will be re-edited and published based on what was provided as the...
- 1970
Flesh, Board, and Nails
Flesh, Board, and Nails01970HD
A man details his crimes and pleasures within an armchair to an adulterer who sees the people in his life as nothing more than objects.
- 1965
Rose Color Dance
Rose Color Dance01965HD
A document of Tatsumi Hijikata's Butoh dance with Kazuo Ohno as the guest dancer shot in Hijikata's early period when he was emerging as the...
- 1988
Dandy
Dandy6.31988HD
A selection of seemingly unconnected scenes featuring Nick Cave, Blixa Bargeld, Nina Hagen and Lene Lovich. Losely based on Voltaire's satire...
- 2015
Flowerbird Butoh: A Way of Life
Flowerbird Butoh: A Way of Life02015HD
Comprising historic archive footage and texts this DVD box enlightens us greatly about Yoshito Ohno's here and now. Butoh has a distinct starting...
- 2008
The Naked Summer
The Naked Summer02008HD
The Naked Summer is a film that documents young artists' effort and growth while training and preparing for a performance of Butou that is praised...
- 2020
The Story of a Tree
The Story of a Tree02020HD
This work has been long-awaited as a masterpiece which is not performed in public since it was staged 31 years ago in 1989. This valuable video will...