JU-NI HITOE OR THE DISCOVERY OF THE SOUL
Minako Seki, Sayoko Onishi and Yumiko Yoshioka belong to the tatoeba - Théâtre Danse Grotesque. Their expressive performance contains elements of contemporary Butoh dance but is also a parable on the Asian world of sensibility and irrationality and the way modern Japanese women see themselves. The central idea for this experimental Butoh dance film are life's metamorphoses. A method of filming was developed which draws the camera right into the intensity of the dance movements. This heightened sensual concentration allows the viewer to correspond intensely with the dance itself. "JU-NI HITOE" is a symbol of ancient Japanese Culture dating back to the 9th century. "JU-NI HITOE" means "the twelve-layered robe" and refers to twelve kimonos worn on top of each other in descending colours, each with gold embroidery. Today these are worn as state garments by the Japanese Emperor and his family on special occasions. For many Japanese women this clothing represents not only the dignity of tradition but also serves as a reminder of the social restrictions of their traditional role. Metres of long trains of material only allow a small, carefully marked sphere of ritualised movement and prevent any form of spontaneity. The garments can be seen as a symbol for a hard exterior protecting a soft centre, but also represent the thick walls and psychological barriers which bind and imprison one's innermost being. The decisive starting point for our film was the desire to make the creation ...
MAD BULL 34 & T-SQUARE / マッド・ブル34 & T-スクェア : 『MEGALITH』
To be honest, I have no friggin' clue as to why I made this. It's a bad-yet-entertaining OVA from Japan's awesome manga writer Kazuo Koike entitled MAD BULL 34. Manga Video released an awful-yet-hilarious dub of the OVA on VHS (with no DVD release available), so have fun watching. Oh, and one more thing, PLEASE READ THE DISCLAIMER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE AMV!!!! Featuring the awesome music of T-SQUARE, from their 1991 album NEW-S (Written in the credits as 1990, which is a typo). "MEGALITH" is one of the band's most well-known pieces, so I may be doing them a big disservice by coupling it with this OVA :P As always, please watch, comment, rate, share, post and most of all ENJOY!!! ^___^Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
MICHAEL FORTUNATI LIVE@伊勢崎 Earth DISCO復活祭 パート１
MICHAEL FORTUNATI 伊勢崎 Earth DISCO復活祭 パート１ 2010.5.3 @群馬県伊勢崎市 sound Space Earth DJ:AMAYA,チャッピー,Beat T,レモンマスター,YASUMI,MA,NAOYA,マスター金,MIYAZY 1.GIVE ME UP 2.ALLELUIA マイケル・フォーチュナティ
