Polyester house? I wonder if you mean Asbestokan... his studio... yes he founded with a half dozen others (in the 60's)... near the firestation in Meguro.
Like I say, I'm out of touch and perhaps it closed? His wife Akiko Motofuji kept it going and I attended there MANY times. In 1997 they had a HIjikatta film festival.. and showed all his/their films over the period of a month or so. Though I cant recall the Samurai one you mention.... I'll have a look at netflix and may recall... Sounds so like him. Thanks, Lanny. I really was blessed to see so close and know/meet so many in that form. D^ --- phanero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tatsuo Hijikata plays the hunchback transvestite ninja assassin psychophant > of blind lady > carnival witch samurai in > Blind Woman's Curse which should be available from netflix.. one of my all > time fave samurai > movies.. hijikata plays > the creepiest character who is also the funniest.. jumping from the ground to > the rooftops while > running backwards etc.. > > the polyester butoh house in tokyo only just closed down a few years ago.. i > think this is the > house that hijikata > founded.. > the film is a hoot.. > > 5 lady samurai's have a single dragon tattoo which stretches across all their > backs when they > stand in line barebacked.. > > your campy researcher > lanny > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: mIEKAL aND > To: WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.WVU.EDU > Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 2:43 PM > Subject: Re: Turbulence Commission: "html_butoh" by Ursula Endlicher > > > I had a picture of Kazuo Ohno above my writing area for many years... I seem > to remember that > he started dancing/moving > at the age of 45. Guess I need to find the picture & put it back up. > > > ~mIEKAL > > > > > On Jan 15, 2007, at 2:49 PM, P!^VP 0!Z!^VP wrote: > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butoh > > > Of course it is always evolving... changing... and it's interesting to see > this > "html_performance... but I'm not sure it > has anything to do with "Butoh" perse... > > > > > I personally know Yoshito Ohno, Kazuo Ohno, and really, quite a large number > of the original > Butoh performance artists > (though Tatsuo Hijikatta was dead before I ever got to Japan in 1989... I do > know his widow, > Motofuji Akiko... and > Oikawa Hironobu was very interested in my multi-media performances with > Ana... collaborating in > a number of > multi-mediations). I lived ten years in Japan and studied/played/mentored > with them. I think > it's fair to say I never > did any "Butoh", but I certainly learned and borrowed lots of the "style". > Namerigawa > d^Vizio __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
