Butoh Movies

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

WHAT IS BUTOH? A French butoh dancer visits Japan for the first time, to pursue this ultimate question. Lead by the shadows of Tatsumi Hijikata, the f...

A man details his crimes and pleasures within an armchair to an adulterer who sees the people in his life as nothing more than objects.

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 form...