Tatsumi Hijikata Movies
- 1969
Orgies of Edo
Orgies of Edo61969HD
Three stories of moral sickness set during Japan’s prosperous Genroku era are told in this bloody follow-up to the sexploitation classic...
- 1969
Love and Crime
Love and Crime6.91969HD
A series of short stories about bizarre crimes committed by females in the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa Eras. Discover 4 famous Japanese murderers:...
- 1969
Horrors of Malformed Men
Horrors of Malformed Men5.71969HD
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...
- 1970
Blind Woman's Curse
Blind Woman's Curse6.21970HD
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...
- 1974
Himiko
Himiko7.11974HD
The myth of the Sun Goddess who founded Japanese society is seen through the lens of a modern view of history.
- 1990
Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis
Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis81990HD
"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...
- 1968
Tatsumi Hijikata
Tatsumi Hijikata01968HD
"A work documenting Ankoku Butoh dancer Tatsuji Hijikata’s Revolt of the Flesh (Nikutai no hanran). The work established the relation between...
- 1969
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations71969HD
This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history.
- 1971
Evil Spirits in the Darkness
Evil Spirits in the Darkness5.51971HD
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.
- 1960
Navel and A-Bomb
Navel and A-Bomb5.31960HD
Short film in which butoh dancing is used to reflect on the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
- 2015
Flowerbird Butoh: A Way of Life
Flowerbird Butoh: A Way of Life02015HD
Comprising historic archive footage and texts this DVD box enlightens us greatly about Yoshito Ohno's here and now. Butoh has a distinct starting...
- 1989
Dance of Darkness
Dance of Darkness91989HD
The dark sensibilities and cultural resonances of Butoh, the radical Japanese dance movement, are explored in this multilayered work. Profoundly...
- 1969
Daring Girls
Daring Girls81969HD
Comedy about sexy chambermaids at a hot spring resort.
- 2001
Kazuo Ohno: Beauty and Strength
Kazuo Ohno: Beauty and Strength02001HD
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...
- 1970
Evil Spirits of Japan
Evil Spirits of Japan61970HD
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...
- 1987
Magino Village: A Tale
Magino Village: A Tale5.71987HD
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...
- 1963
The Masseurs
The Masseurs01963HD
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...
- 1965
Rose Color Dance
Rose Color Dance01965HD
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...
- 2003
A Summer Storm: Butoh of Dark Spirit School
A Summer Storm: Butoh of Dark Spirit School02003HD
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...
- 1959
Sacrifice
Sacrifice01959HD
Filmed only a few months after Tatsumi Hijikata’s first explosive public butoh performance, “Gisei” features Hijikata and members...