Kazuo Ohno
Birthday: 1906-10-27
Place of Birth: Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
Biography: 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)
Movies
Dress Rehearsal
An exhilarating, essayistic documentary about the 1980 festival of experimental theatre in the Frenc...
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Dandy
A selection of seemingly unconnected scenes featuring Nick Cave, Blixa Bargeld, Nina Hagen and Lene ...
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Flowerbird Butoh: A Way of Life
Comprising historic archive footage and texts this DVD box enlightens us greatly about Yoshito Ohno'...
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"O, Kind God!"
"O,Kind God!"is another take on Kazuo Ohno. This moving testimony to the effects his physical evolut...
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Kazuo Ohno: Beauty and Strength
In the 60's and into the 70's, Kazuo Ohno himself produced three 16mm films. His many performances a...
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Dance of Darkness
The dark sensibilities and cultural resonances of Butoh, the radical Japanese dance movement, are ex...
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9.11-8.15 Nippon Suicide Pact
A film that reconsiders the modern state of Japan in relation to the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the U...
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Kazuo Ohno: Like a Soliloquy
This documentary follows one of the creators of the japanese dance Butoh, Kazuo Ohno, 95, and his so...
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Kazuo Ohno: I Dance Into the Light
A documentary about legendary butoh dancer Kazuo Ohno....
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Just Visiting This Planet
Peter Sempel's masterful poetic film tribute to butoh performer Kazuo Ohno....
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Just Visiting This Planet
Peter Sempel's masterful poetic film tribute to butoh performer Kazuo Ohno....
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The Masseurs
Anma (The Masseurs) is a representative and historical work by the creator of Butoh dance, Tatsumi H...
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Rose Color Dance
A document of Tatsumi Hijikata's Butoh dance with Kazuo Ohno as the guest dancer shot in Hijikata's ...
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Mr O's Book of the Dead
Mr O’s Book of the Dead is the last of a trilogy of experimental films about Kazuo Ohno, co-founder ...
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A Portrait of Mr O
A Portrait of Mr O is the first of a trilogy of experimental films about Kazuo Ohno, co-founder of t...
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Mandala of Mr O
Mandala of Mr O is the second of a trilogy of experimental films about Kazuo Ohno, co-founder of the...
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Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis
"Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis" is a visually striking film portrait shot on location in Japan w...
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The Written Face
In Japanese theater, women's roles are traditionally played by men. The man playing the woman's role...
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Kazuo Ohno
Kazuo Ohno, Father of the Butoh Dance, first appeared on stage at the age of 43. He left the stage o...
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