Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis (1990)

"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.

Director: Michael Blackwood

Release Date: 1990-01-01
Status: Released
Run time: 90 min / 1:30
Production Company : Michael Blackwood Productions
Production Country: United States of America

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	Yoko Ashikawa as Herself - Interviewee
	Akiko Motofuji as Herself - Interviewee
	Nario Goda as Himself
	Tatsumi Hijikata as Himself
	Yukio Waguri as Himself
	Akaji Maro as Himself
	Natsu Nakajima as Herself
	Sanae Hiruta as Herself
	Kazuo Ohno as Himself
	Min Tanaka as Himself
	Ushio Amagatsu as
	Yoshiyuki Takada as
	Keiji Morita as
	Goro Namerikawa as
	Atsushi Ogata as
	Masaku Kaita as
	Toshiyuki Tanigawa as
	Ko Murobushi as
	Koichi Tamano as
	Shusei Asada as
	Hikaru Otsubo as
	Katsuyoshi Yamamura as
	Kinya Tsuruyama as
	Nobutaka Kuwabara as
	Mutsuo Tanaka as
	Chiyomi Tamura as
	Yuri Sakurai as
	Makiko Tominaga as
	Fumie Hippo as
	Takako Suzuki as
	Satomi Kawakami as
	Haruko Kudo as
	Yumiko Saeki as
	Ima Tenko as
	Norikazu Sato as
	Norio Imanishi as
	Naruhiko Kadawa as
	Arawakasyu as
	Ritsu Minatama as
	Ine Yatsushima as
	Tsuruko Noguchi as
	Kasumi Muraki as
	Torio Nogi as
	Isamu Ōsuka as Himself
	Hideki Nakazato as
	Yoichi Mori as
	Karuko Aiyama as
	Kao Arahata as
	Yukara Nakai as
	Tomoe Shizune as
	Harumi Kitaguchi as
	Ea Sola as
	Hisako Horikawa as
	Frank Van De Ven as
	Francois Evangilisti as
	Sei Nagatsuka as
	Yasunari Tamai as
	Andres Salgado as
	Tess de Quincy as
	Kyoko Komatsu as
	Christine Quoiraud as
	Katerina Bakatsaki as
	Naoyuki Oguri as
	Shoko Ashikawa as
	Seisaku Ashikawa as
	Mito Ashikawa as
	Yukinko Ashikawa as
	Uzumi Ashikawa as
	Megumi Ashikawa as
	Tetsuo Sakaibara as
	Takeru Kono as
	Sadahiko Irisawa as
	Yoshito Ohno as

Crew

Production	Leslie Megahey	Executive Producer
Writing	Bonnie Sue Stein	Writer
Writing	Lynn Piasecki	Writer
Directing	Michael Blackwood	Director
Production	José Montes-Baquer	Executive Producer
Production	Bonnie Sue Stein	Associate Producer
Camera	Christian Blackwood	Director of Photography
Production	Michael Blackwood	Producer

Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

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