Kazuo Ohno

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)

  • Popularity : 1.186
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1906-10-27
  • Place of Birth : Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
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Kazuo Ohno Movies

  • 1980
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    Dress Rehearsal

    Dress Rehearsal

    6.3 1980 HD

    An exhilarating, essayistic documentary about the 1980 festival of experimental theatre in the French city of Nancy. Werner Schroeter's favourite of...

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  • 1988
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    Dandy

    Dandy

    6.3 1988 HD

    A selection of seemingly unconnected scenes featuring Nick Cave, Blixa Bargeld, Nina Hagen and Lene Lovich. Losely based on Voltaire's satire...

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  • 2001
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    Kazuo Ohno: Beauty and Strength

    Kazuo Ohno: Beauty and Strength

    1 2001 HD

    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...

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  • 2015
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    Flowerbird Butoh: A Way of Life

    Flowerbird Butoh: A Way of Life

    1 2015 HD

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

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  • 2003
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    “O, King God!”

    “O, King God!”

    1 2003 HD

    "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...

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  • 1989
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    Dance of Darkness

    Dance of Darkness

    9 1989 HD

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

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  • 2005
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    Ohno Kazuo: Hitori-goto no yō ni

    Ohno Kazuo: Hitori-goto no yō ni

    1 2005 HD

    This documentary follows one of the creators of the japanese dance Butoh, Kazuo Ohno, 95, and his son, Yoshito Ohno.

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  • 2006
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    9.11-8.15 Nippon Suicide Pact

    9.11-8.15 Nippon Suicide Pact

    1 2006 HD

    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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  • 2004
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    Kazuo Ohno: I Dance Into the Light

    Kazuo Ohno: I Dance Into the Light

    1 2004 HD

    A documentary about legendary butoh dancer Kazuo Ohno.

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  • 1991
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    Just Visiting This Planet

    Just Visiting This Planet

    1 1991 HD

    Peter Sempel's masterful poetic film tribute to butoh performer Kazuo Ohno.

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  • 1991
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    Just Visiting This Planet

    Just Visiting This Planet

    1 1991 HD

    Peter Sempel's masterful poetic film tribute to butoh performer Kazuo Ohno.

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  • 1963
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    The Masseurs

    The Masseurs

    1 1963 HD

    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...

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  • 1965
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    Rose Color Dance

    Rose Color Dance

    1 1965 HD

    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...

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  • 1973
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    Mr O's Book of the Dead

    Mr O's Book of the Dead

    6.5 1973 HD

    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...

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  • 1971
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    Mandala of Mr O

    Mandala of Mr O

    6 1971 HD

    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...

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  • 1969
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    A Portrait of Mr O

    A Portrait of Mr O

    6 1969 HD

    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...

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  • 1990
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    Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

    Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

    8 1990 HD

    "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...

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  • 1995
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    The Written Face

    The Written Face

    1 1995 HD

    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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  • 1995
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    Kazuo Ohno

    Kazuo Ohno

    1 1995 HD

    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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  • 1991
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    The Scene of the Soul

    The Scene of the Soul

    1 1991 HD

    Starring Kazuo Ohno, an inspirational figure in Butoh dance.

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  • 2001
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    Kazuo Ohno: Beauty and Strength

    Kazuo Ohno: Beauty and Strength

    1 2001 HD

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