Asif Abrar

Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

1990-01-01

Overview: "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.

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Original Language: en

Release Date: 1990-01-01

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Carnival in the Night

1981-03-19

Overview: The newly divorsed singer Kumi is not too enthusiastic about life as a single mother. She drops her son to her ex-husband, leaving her band and embarks on a crazy tour of Tokyo's shadowy side.

Genres: Drama

Original Language: ja

Release Date: 1981-03-19

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Nobutaka Kuwabara

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Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

Carnival in the Night