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)
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.256 |
| Birthday | 1906-10-27 |
| Place of Birth | Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan |
| Also Known As | Kazuo Ôno, Kazuo Ono, |
1980
Dress Rehearsal
6.5/4
An exhilarating, essayistic documentary about the 1980 festival of experimental theatre in the French city of Nancy. Werner Schroeter's favourite of h...
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Dress Rehearsal
1988
Dandy
6.75/4
A selection of seemingly unconnected scenes featuring Nick Cave, Blixa Bargeld, Nina Hagen and Lene Lovich. Losely based on Voltaire's satire "Candide...
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Dandy
2001
Kazuo Ohno: Beauty and Strength
0/0
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 preserv...
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Kazuo Ohno: Beauty and Strength
2015
Flowerbird Butoh: A Way of Life
0/0
Comprising historic archive footage and texts this DVD box enlightens us greatly about Yoshito Ohno's here and now. Butoh has a distinct starting poin...
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Flowerbird Butoh: A Way of Life
2003
"O, Kind God!"
0/0
"O,Kind God!"is another take on Kazuo Ohno. This moving testimony to the effects his physical evolution has had on his every-day life and dance reveal...
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"O, Kind God!"
1989
Dance of Darkness
9/2
The dark sensibilities and cultural resonances of Butoh, the radical Japanese dance movement, are explored in this multilayered work. Profoundly roote...
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Dance of Darkness
2007
Kazuo Ohno: Like a Soliloquy
0/0
This documentary follows one of the creators of the japanese dance Butoh, Kazuo Ohno, 95, and his son, Yoshito Ohno.
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Kazuo Ohno: Like a Soliloquy
2006
9.11-8.15 Nippon Suicide Pact
0/0
A film that reconsiders the modern state of Japan in relation to the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the U.S.
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9.11-8.15 Nippon Suicide Pact
2004
Kazuo Ohno: I Dance Into the Light
0/0
A documentary about legendary butoh dancer Kazuo Ohno.
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Kazuo Ohno: I Dance Into the Light
1991
Just Visiting This Planet
5/2
Peter Sempel's masterful poetic film tribute to butoh performer Kazuo Ohno.
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Just Visiting This Planet
1991
Just Visiting This Planet
5/2
Peter Sempel's masterful poetic film tribute to butoh performer Kazuo Ohno.
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Just Visiting This Planet
1963
The Masseurs
0/0
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 film...
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The Masseurs
1965
Rose Color Dance
10/1
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 originato...
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Rose Color Dance
1973
Mr O's Book of the Dead
6.5/2
Mr O’s Book of the Dead is the last of a trilogy of experimental films about Kazuo Ohno, co-founder of the contemporary Japanese style of dance known...
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Mr O's Book of the Dead
1971
Mandala of Mr O
6/1
Mandala of Mr O is the second of a trilogy of experimental films about Kazuo Ohno, co-founder of the contemporary Japanese style of dance known as but...
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Mandala of Mr O
1969
A Portrait of Mr O
6/1
A Portrait of Mr O is the first of a trilogy of experimental films about Kazuo Ohno, co-founder of the contemporary Japanese style of dance known as b...
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A Portrait of Mr O
1990
Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis
8/2
"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 choreogra...
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Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis
1995
The Written Face
8/1
In Japanese theater, women's roles are traditionally played by men. The man playing the woman's role, the Onnagata, does not imitate the woman, as in...
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The Written Face
1995
Kazuo Ohno
0/0
Kazuo Ohno, Father of the Butoh Dance, first appeared on stage at the age of 43. He left the stage only at the age of one hundred, three years before...
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Kazuo Ohno
1991
The Scene of the Soul
0/0
Starring Kazuo Ohno, an inspirational figure in Butoh dance.
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