
Lynn Piasecki
Writer

"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 choreographers and their companies. Although Butoh is often viewed as Japan's equivalent of modern dance, in actuality it has little to do with the rational principles of modernism. Butoh is a theater of improvisation which places the personal experiences of the dancer on center-stage. By reestablishing the ancient Japanese connection of dance, music, and masks, and by recalling the Buddhist death dances of rural Japan, Butoh incorporates much traditional...

Lynn Piasecki
Writer

Bonnie Sue Stein
Writer

Michael Blackwood
Director

José Montes-Baquer
Executive Producer

Bonnie Sue Stein
Associate Producer

Leslie Megahey
Executive Producer

Christian Blackwood
Director of Photography

Yoko Ashikawa
Herself - Interviewee

Akiko Motofuji
Herself - Interviewee

Nario Goda
Himself

Tatsumi Hijikata
Himself

Yukio Waguri
Himself

Akaji Maro
Himself

Natsu Nakajima
Herself

Sanae Hiruta
Herself

Kazuo Ohno
Himself

Min Tanaka
Himself

Ushio Amagatsu

Yoshiyuki Takada

Keiji Morita

Goro Namerikawa

Atsushi Ogata

Masaku Kaita

Toshiyuki Tanigawa

Ko Murobushi