Kamaitachi in The Show: A Butoh Documentary (2019)
• May 8th, 2019 • 0h 52min
Overview
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 founder of butoh, the journey leads him from metropolitan Tokyo to the snowy fields of Tashiro village in northeastern Akita.
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