Kazuo Ohno

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Flowerbird Butoh: A Way of Life TrailerKazuo Ohno: Like a Soliloquy Trailer9.11-8.15 Nippon Suicide Pact Trailer

Butoh dancer. Christian. After experiencing WW2, Ohno devoted his life to dance. He introduced the unique dance style “Butoh” to the world. (Courtesy of NPO Dance Archive Network)

Most Popular Kazuo Ohno Trailers

Total trailers found: 19

Dandy Trailer (1988)

22 September 1988

A selection of seemingly unconnected scenes featuring Nick Cave, Blixa Bargeld, Nina Hagen and Lene Lovich.

Mandala of Mr O Trailer (1971)

01 January 1971

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 butoh, made with director Chiaki Nagano during a period in which he had retired from public performance, and just before he began touring the world as a solo dancer with his celebrated work Admiring La Argentina.

The Written Face Trailer (1995)

01 September 1995

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 the West, but tries to capture her significance.

Kazuo Ohno: I Dance Into the Light Trailer (2004)

20 November 2004

A documentary about legendary butoh dancer Kazuo Ohno.

Just Visiting This Planet Trailer (1991)

05 September 1991

Peter Sempel's masterful poetic film tribute to butoh performer Kazuo Ohno.

Dress Rehearsal Trailer (1980)

25 November 1980

An exhilarating, essayistic documentary about the 1980 festival of experimental theatre in the French city of Nancy.

The Scene of the Soul Trailer (1991)

01 January 1991

Starring Kazuo Ohno, an inspirational figure in Butoh dance.

Kazuo Ohno: Beauty and Strength Trailer (2001)

01 January 2001

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 preserved with high quality Beta cameras.

Flowerbird Butoh: A Way of Life Trailer (2015)

01 January 2015

Comprising historic archive footage and texts this DVD box enlightens us greatly about Yoshito Ohno's here and now.

The Masseurs Trailer (1963)

31 December 1963

Anma (The Masseurs) is a representative and historical work by the creator of Butoh dance, Tatsumi Hijikata in his early period in the 1960s.

Kazuo Ohno Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

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 he died.

Mr O's Book of the Dead Trailer (1973)

01 January 1973

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 known as butoh, made with director Chiaki Nagano during a period in which he had retired from public performance, and just before he began touring the world as a solo dancer with his celebrated work Admiring La Argentina.

Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis Trailer (1990)

01 January 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.

Dance of Darkness Trailer (1989)

01 January 1989

The dark sensibilities and cultural resonances of Butoh, the radical Japanese dance movement, are explored in this multilayered work.

9.11-8.15 Nippon Suicide Pact Trailer (2006)

04 November 2006

A film that reconsiders the modern state of Japan in relation to the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the U.

Rose Color Dance Trailer (1965)

01 March 1965

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 originator of Butoh.

"O, Kind God!" Trailer (2003)

01 January 2003

"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 reveals yet even more strongly that ever-present and life embracing emotions so characteristic of all his previous work.

Kazuo Ohno: Like a Soliloquy Trailer (2007)

10 March 2007

This documentary follows one of the creators of the japanese dance Butoh, Kazuo Ohno, 95, and his son, Yoshito Ohno.

A Portrait of Mr O Trailer (1969)

01 January 1969

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 butoh, made with director Chiaki Nagano during a period in which he had retired from public performance, and just before he began touring the world as a solo dancer with his celebrated work Admiring La Argentina.