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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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Tatsumi Hijikata was born on 3 March 1928 in Akita, Japan. He was an actor, known for Meiji · Taishô · Shôwa: Ryôki onna hanzai-shi (1969), Blind Woman's Curse (1970) and Nippon no akuryo (1970). 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

Meiji · Taishô · Shôwa: Ryôki onna hanzai-shi (1969)
Meiji · Taishô · Shôwa: Ryôki onna hanzai-shi
6.3
  • Executioner Beheading Oden Takahashi (segment "Takahashi Oden")
  • 1969
Meiko Kaji in Blind Woman's Curse (1970)
Blind Woman's Curse
6.5
  • Ushimatsu , Hunchback dancer
  • 1970
Nippon no akuryo (1970)
Nippon no akuryo
7.0
  • Leader
  • 1970
Yami no naka no chimimoryo (1971)
Yami no naka no chimimoryo
6.2
  • Actor
  • 1971

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
    7.0
    • Dancer
    • 1974
  • Yami no naka no chimimoryo (1971)
    Yami no naka no chimimoryo
    6.2
    • 1971
  • Nippon no akuryo (1970)
    Nippon no akuryo
    7.0
    • 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
    6.5
    • Jôgorô Komoda
    • 1969
  • Meiji · Taishô · Shôwa: Ryôki onna hanzai-shi (1969)
    Meiji · Taishô · Shôwa: Ryôki onna hanzai-shi
    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
    Short
    • Tatsumi Hijikata
    • 1963

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Personal details

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

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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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