Mr O's Book of the Dead

Overview

Mr O’s Book of the Dead is the last of a trilogy of experimental films about Kazuo Ohno, co-founder of the contemporary Japanese style of dance known as butoh, made with director Chiaki Nagano during a period in which he had retired from public performance, and just before he began touring the world as a solo dancer with his celebrated work Admiring La Argentina. In the film, Ohno leads a troupe of strangely dressed, made-up and gesticulating dancers through a succession of landscapes alternately lush, desolate and surreal.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1973

Original language

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Cast

Kazuo Ohno

Director

Chiaki Nagano

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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