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Tatsumi Hijikata(1928-1986)

  • Actor
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Tatsumi Hijikata in Orgies of Edo (1969)
Butoh, a theater of improvisation, places the personal experiences of the dancer on center-stage. With expressions ranging from meditative tenderness to excessive grotesqueness, Butoh is one of the most fascinating underground dance movements. Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis is a striking portrait shot on location in Japan, featuring the major Butoh choreographers and their companies.
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Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis (1990)
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Tatsumi Hijikata was born on 3 March 1928 in Akita, Japan. He was an actor, known for Horrors of Malformed Men (1969), Memoir of Japanese Assassinations (1969) and Love & Crime (1969). He died on 21 January 1986 in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
BornMarch 3, 1928
DiedJanuary 21, 1986(57)
BornMarch 3, 1928
DiedJanuary 21, 1986(57)
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Known for

Horrors of Malformed Men (1969)
Horrors of Malformed Men
6.4
  • Jôgorô Komoda
  • 1969
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations (1969)
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
7.4
  • Actor
  • 1969
Love & Crime (1969)
Love & Crime
6.3
  • Executioner Beheading Oden Takahashi(segment "Takahashi Oden")
  • 1969
Scarlet Day Dream (1964)
Scarlet Day Dream
5.8
  • Actor
  • 1964

Credits

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Actor

  • Cine Dance: The Butoh of Tatsumi Hijikata (2005)
    Cine Dance: The Butoh of Tatsumi Hijikata
    Video
    • 2005
  • Himiko (1974)
    Himiko
    7.1
    • Dancer
    • 1974
  • Yami no naka no chimimoryo (1971)
    Yami no naka no chimimoryo
    6.5
    • 1971
  • Nippon no akuryo (1970)
    Nippon no akuryo
    6.7
    • Leader
    • 1970
  • Meiko Kaji in Blind Woman's Curse (1970)
    Blind Woman's Curse
    6.5
    • Ushimatsu , Hunchback dancer
    • 1970
  • Horrors of Malformed Men (1969)
    Horrors of Malformed Men
    6.4
    • Jôgorô Komoda
    • 1969
  • Memoir of Japanese Assassinations (1969)
    Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
    7.4
    • 1969
  • Love & Crime (1969)
    Love & Crime
    6.3
    • Executioner Beheading Oden Takahashi (segment "Takahashi Oden")
    • 1969
  • Orgies of Edo (1969)
    Orgies of Edo
    6.1
    • Dancer
    • 1969
  • Scarlet Day Dream (1964)
    Scarlet Day Dream
    5.8
    • 1964
  • Anma (1963)
    Anma
    6.3
    Short
    • Tatsumi Hijikata
    • 1963

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Personal details

  • Born
    • March 3, 1928
    • Akita, Japan
  • Died
    • January 21, 1986
    • Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan(liver cancer)

Did you know

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    The first butoh piece, Kinjiki (Forbidden Colours) by Tatsumi Hijikata, premiered at a dance festival in 1959. It was based on the novel of the same name by Yukio Mishima. It explored the taboo of homosexuality and ended with a live chicken being smothered between the legs of Kazuo Ohno's son Yoshito Ohno, after which Hijikata chasing Yoshito off the stage in darkness. Mainly as a result of the audience outrage over this piece, Hijikata was banned from the festival, establishing him as an iconoclast.

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