Tatsumi Hijikata Movies

  • 1969
    Orgies of Edo

    Orgies of Edo

    Orgies of Edo

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    Three stories of moral sickness set during Japan’s prosperous Genroku era are told in this bloody follow-up to the sexploitation classic...

    Orgies of Edo
  • 1969
    Love and Crime

    Love and Crime

    Love and Crime

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    A series of short stories about bizarre crimes committed by females in the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa Eras. Discover 4 famous Japanese murderers:...

    Love and Crime
  • 1969
    Horrors of Malformed Men

    Horrors of Malformed Men

    Horrors of Malformed Men

    5.71969HD

    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...

    Horrors of Malformed Men
  • 1970
    Blind Woman's Curse

    Blind Woman's Curse

    Blind Woman's Curse

    6.21970HD

    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...

    Blind Woman's Curse
  • 1974
    Himiko

    Himiko

    Himiko

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

    Himiko
  • 1990
    Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

    Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

    Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

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    "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...

    Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis
  • 1968
    Tatsumi Hijikata

    Tatsumi Hijikata

    Tatsumi Hijikata

    01968HD

    "A work documenting Ankoku Butoh dancer Tatsuji Hijikata’s Revolt of the Flesh (Nikutai no hanran). The work established the relation between...

    Tatsumi Hijikata
  • 1969
    Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

    Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

    Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

    71969HD

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

    Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
  • 1971
    Evil Spirits in the Darkness

    Evil Spirits in the Darkness

    Evil Spirits in the Darkness

    5.51971HD

    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.

    Evil Spirits in the Darkness
  • 1960
    Navel and A-Bomb

    Navel and A-Bomb

    Navel and A-Bomb

    5.31960HD

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

    Navel and A-Bomb
  • 2015
    Flowerbird Butoh: A Way of Life

    Flowerbird Butoh: A Way of Life

    Flowerbird Butoh: A Way of Life

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    Comprising historic archive footage and texts this DVD box enlightens us greatly about Yoshito Ohno's here and now. Butoh has a distinct starting...

    Flowerbird Butoh: A Way of Life
  • 1989
    Dance of Darkness

    Dance of Darkness

    Dance of Darkness

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    The dark sensibilities and cultural resonances of Butoh, the radical Japanese dance movement, are explored in this multilayered work. Profoundly...

    Dance of Darkness
  • 1969
    Daring Girls

    Daring Girls

    Daring Girls

    81969HD

    Comedy about sexy chambermaids at a hot spring resort.

    Daring Girls
  • 2001
    Kazuo Ohno: Beauty and Strength

    Kazuo Ohno: Beauty and Strength

    Kazuo Ohno: Beauty and Strength

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    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...

    Kazuo Ohno: Beauty and Strength
  • 1970
    Evil Spirits of Japan

    Evil Spirits of Japan

    Evil Spirits of Japan

    61970HD

    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...

    Evil Spirits of Japan
  • 1987
    Magino Village: A Tale

    Magino Village: A Tale

    Magino Village: A Tale

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

    Magino Village: A Tale
  • 1963
    The Masseurs

    The Masseurs

    The Masseurs

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    Anma (The Masseurs) is a representative and historical work by the creator of Butoh dance, Tatsumi Hijikata in his early period in the 1960s. The...

    The Masseurs
  • 1965
    Rose Color Dance

    Rose Color Dance

    Rose Color Dance

    01965HD

    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...

    Rose Color Dance
  • 2003
    A Summer Storm: Butoh of Dark Spirit School

    A Summer Storm: Butoh of Dark Spirit School

    A Summer Storm: Butoh of Dark Spirit School

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

    A Summer Storm: Butoh of Dark Spirit School
  • 1959
    Sacrifice

    Sacrifice

    Sacrifice

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    Filmed only a few months after Tatsumi Hijikata’s first explosive public butoh performance, “Gisei” features Hijikata and members...

    Sacrifice