Kazuo Ohno
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)
The Written Face
as SelfIn Japanese theater, women's roles are traditionally played by men. The man playing the woman's...
Movie pageDance of Darkness
as HimselfThe dark sensibilities and cultural resonances of Butoh, the radical Japanese dance movement,...
Movie pageKazuo Ohno: I Dance Into the Light
as uncreditedA documentary about legendary butoh dancer Kazuo Ohno.
Movie pageButoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis
as Himself"Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis" is a visually striking film portrait shot on location in...
Movie pageKazuo Ohno
as SelfKazuo Ohno, Father of the Butoh Dance, first appeared on stage at the age of 43. He left the...
Movie pageMr O's Book of the Dead
as uncreditedMr O’s Book of the Dead is the last of a trilogy of experimental films about Kazuo Ohno,...
Movie pageRose Color Dance
as uncreditedA document of Tatsumi Hijikata's Butoh dance with Kazuo Ohno as the guest dancer shot in...
Movie pageDandy
as uncreditedA selection of seemingly unconnected scenes featuring Nick Cave, Blixa Bargeld, Nina Hagen and...
Movie pageFlowerbird Butoh: A Way of Life
as uncreditedComprising historic archive footage and texts this DVD box enlightens us greatly about Yoshito...
Movie page“O, King God!”
as uncredited"O,Kind God!"is another take on Kazuo Ohno. This moving testimony to the effects his physical...
Movie pageDress Rehearsal
as uncreditedAn exhilarating, essayistic documentary about the 1980 festival of experimental theatre in the...
Movie pageMandala of Mr O
as uncreditedMandala of Mr O is the second of a trilogy of experimental films about Kazuo Ohno, co-founder of...
Movie page9.11-8.15 Nippon Suicide Pact
as uncreditedA film that reconsiders the modern state of Japan in relation to the 9/11 terrorist attacks in...
Movie pageThe Masseurs
as uncreditedAnma (The Masseurs) is a representative and historical work by the creator of Butoh dance,...
Movie pageKazuo Ohno: Beauty and Strength
as uncreditedIn the 60's and into the 70's, Kazuo Ohno himself produced three 16mm films. His many...
Movie pageA Portrait of Mr O
as uncreditedA Portrait of Mr O is the first of a trilogy of experimental films about Kazuo Ohno, co-founder...
Movie pageOhno Kazuo: Hitori-goto no yō ni
as SelfThis documentary follows one of the creators of the japanese dance Butoh, Kazuo Ohno, 95, and...
Movie pageThe Scene of the Soul
as SelfStarring Kazuo Ohno, an inspirational figure in Butoh dance.
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