Tatsumi Hijikata

Born: 1928-03-09


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Orgies of Edo

as Ankoku Butoh dancer
Released: 1969-01-09

Three stories of moral sickness set during Japan’s prosperous Genroku era are told in this...

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Horrors of Malformed Men

as Jôgorô Komoda
Released: 1969-10-31

After escaping from an insane asylum, a medical student assumes the identity of a mysterious...

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Blind Woman's Curse

as Ushimatsu / Hunchback Dancer
Released: 1970-06-20

Akemi is a dragon tattooed leader of the Tachibana Yakuza clan. In a duel with a rival gang...

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Himiko

as Dancer
Released: 1974-03-09

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

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Love and Crime

as uncredited
Released: 1969-08-27

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

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Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

as Jailer
Released: 1969-10-16

This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when...

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Evil Spirits of Japan

as Leader
Released: 1970-12-26

Murase is a bodyguard of yakuza group. Ochiai is a police officer who once was a student...

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Evil Spirits in the Darkness

as uncredited
Released: 1971-06-07

The film depicts the youth of Kinzo, a heretic painter who worked in Tosa during the late Edo...

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Daring Girls

as uncredited
Released: 1969-06-27

Comedy about sexy chambermaids at a hot spring resort.

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Rose Color Dance

as uncredited
Released: 1965-03-01

A document of Tatsumi Hijikata's Butoh dance with Kazuo Ohno as the guest dancer shot in...

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Magino Village: A Tale

as uncredited
Released: 1987-12-01

The movie compiles footage taken by Ogawa Production for a period of more than ten years after...

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Dance of Darkness

as Himself
Released: 1989-01-01

The dark sensibilities and cultural resonances of Butoh, the radical Japanese dance movement,...

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Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

as Himself
Released: 1990-01-01

"Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis" is a visually striking film portrait shot on location in...

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Navel and A-Bomb

as uncredited
Released: 1960-10-21

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

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Flowerbird Butoh: A Way of Life

as uncredited
Released: 2015-01-01

Comprising historic archive footage and texts this DVD box enlightens us greatly about Yoshito...

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Tatsumi Hijikata

as Dancer
Released: 1968-01-01

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

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Kazuo Ohno: Beauty and Strength

as uncredited
Released: 2001-01-01

In the 60's and into the 70's, Kazuo Ohno himself produced three 16mm films. His many...

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Sacrifice

as uncredited
Released: 1959-01-01

Filmed only a few months after Tatsumi Hijikata’s first explosive public butoh performance,...

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A Summer Storm: Butoh of Dark Spirit School

as uncredited
Released: 2003-01-01

Ankoku Butoh is a style of avant-garde dance that established itself in the counter culture...

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The Masseurs

as uncredited
Released: 1963-12-31

Anma (The Masseurs) is a representative and historical work by the creator of Butoh dance,...

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Kaze no keshiki

as Self
Released: 2003-02-08

A cultural film documenting Butoh dancer Tatsumi Hijikata as he is taken out of his stage space...

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