Kazuo Ohno Movies
- 1980
Dress Rehearsal
Dress Rehearsal6.31980HD
An exhilarating, essayistic documentary about the 1980 festival of experimental theatre in the French city of Nancy. Werner Schroeter's favourite of...
- 1995
The Written Face
The Written Face01995HD
In Japanese theater, women's roles are traditionally played by men. The man playing the woman's role, the Onnagata, does not imitate the woman, as in...
- 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...
- 2004
Kazuo Ohno: I Dance Into the Light
Kazuo Ohno: I Dance Into the Light02004HD
A documentary about legendary butoh dancer Kazuo Ohno.
- 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...
- 1995
Kazuo Ohno
Kazuo Ohno01995HD
Kazuo Ohno, Father of the Butoh Dance, first appeared on stage at the age of 43. He left the stage only at the age of one hundred, three years before...
- 2001
Kazuo Ohno: Beauty and Strength
Kazuo Ohno: Beauty and Strength02001HD
In the 60's and into the 70's, Kazuo Ohno himself produced three 16mm films. His many performances at the "Teatro Fonte" in Yokohama have been...
- 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...
- 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...
- 1963
The Masseurs
The Masseurs01963HD
Anma (The Masseurs) is a representative and historical work by the creator of Butoh dance, Tatsumi Hijikata in his early period in the 1960s. The...
- 1971
Mandala of Mr O
Mandala of Mr O61971HD
Mandala of Mr O is the second of a trilogy of experimental films about Kazuo Ohno, co-founder of the contemporary Japanese style of dance known as...
- 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...
- 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...
- 1991
Just Visiting This Planet
Just Visiting This Planet01991HD
Peter Sempel's masterful poetic film tribute to butoh performer Kazuo Ohno.
- 2006
9.11-8.15 Nippon Suicide Pact
9.11-8.15 Nippon Suicide Pact02006HD
A film that reconsiders the modern state of Japan in relation to the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the U.S.
- 2003
“O, King God!”
“O, King God!”02003HD
"O,Kind God!"is another take on Kazuo Ohno. This moving testimony to the effects his physical evolution has had on his every-day life and dance...
- 1969
A Portrait of Mr O
A Portrait of Mr O61969HD
A Portrait of Mr O is the first of a trilogy of experimental films about Kazuo Ohno, co-founder of the contemporary Japanese style of dance known as...
- 2005
Ohno Kazuo: Hitori-goto no yō ni
Ohno Kazuo: Hitori-goto no yō ni02005HD
This documentary follows one of the creators of the japanese dance Butoh, Kazuo Ohno, 95, and his son, Yoshito Ohno.
- 1991
The Scene of the Soul
The Scene of the Soul01991HD
Starring Kazuo Ohno, an inspirational figure in Butoh dance.