Tatsumi Hijikata Movie Trailers

Sacrifice Trailer (1959)

01 January 1959

Filmed only a few months after Tatsumi Hijikata’s first explosive public butoh performance, “Gisei” features Hijikata and members of his Asbestos Hall Troupe in a brutal allegory of a closed society.

Love and Crime Trailer (1969)

27 August 1969

A series of short stories about bizarre crimes committed by females in the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa Eras.

Three stories of moral sickness set during Japan’s prosperous Genroku era are told in this bloody follow-up to the sexploitation classic Shogun’s Joy of Torture, the politically incorrect moral lessons paint a trio of tales of tragic heroines caught up in violence, sadomasochism, incest and torture.

Evil Spirits of Japan Trailer (1970)

26 December 1970

Murase is a bodyguard of yakuza group. Ochiai is a police officer who once was a student activist. When they meet, they are surprised how identical they look.

Horrors of Malformed Men Trailer (1969)

31 October 1969

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 lured to a sinister island ruled by a mad scientist and his malformed men.

Evil Spirits in the Darkness Trailer (1971)

07 June 1971

The film depicts the youth of Kinzo, a heretic painter who worked in Tosa during the late Edo period, and the hurricane-like inner side of his life.

Himiko Trailer (1974)

09 March 1974

The myth of the Sun Goddess who founded Japanese society is seen through the lens of a modern view of history.

Daring Girls Trailer (1969)

27 June 1969

Two sisters involved in rival underworld sex trade factions compete against each other in this tale of elaborate sex antics, yakuza crime, and bloody revenge.

Blind Woman's Curse Trailer (1970)

20 June 1970

Akemi is a dragon tattooed leader of the Tachibana Yakuza clan. In a duel with a rival gang Akemi slashes the eyes of an opponent and a black cat appears, to lap the blood from the gushing wound.

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations Trailer (1969)

15 October 1969

This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history.

A Summer Storm: Butoh of Dark Spirit School Trailer (2003)

01 January 2003

Ankoku Butoh is a style of avant-garde dance that established itself in the counter culture experimental arts scene of post WWII Japan.

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.

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.

Kaze no keshiki Trailer (2003)

08 February 2003

A cultural film documenting Butoh dancer Tatsumi Hijikata as he is taken out of his stage space and dances in the streets.

Tatsumi Hijikata Trailer (1968)

01 January 1968

"A work documenting Ankoku Butoh dancer Tatsuji Hijikata’s Revolt of the Flesh (Nikutai no hanran)n

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.

Navel and A-Bomb Trailer (1960)

21 October 1960

Short film in which butoh dancing is used to reflect on the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Magino Village: A Tale Trailer (1987)

01 December 1987

The movie compiles footage taken by Ogawa Production for a period of more than ten years after the collective moved to Magino village.

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.

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.

Hijikata Tatsumi: Rebellion of the Body Trailer (1968)