Isamu Ōsuga
Acting
Biography
Isamu Ōsuga ( 大須賀勇) was a Japanese dancer. In 1980, he co-founded the butoh performance group Byakko-Sha (白虎社).
Known For
A teenage girl gains supernatural power after an accident and comes to understand her place in the universe.
August in the Water
The story tells of the adoration of Sasuke for his mistress, the blind samisen-teacher Shunkin, who treats him imperiously and subjects him to cruel beatings.
Hymn
In the slums of Osaka, various marginalized misfits have their own interpretations of love. Completely alienated from the outside world, they commit sexual perversions, violence and cannibalism.
The Noisy Requiem
A visual documentary of Einstürzende Neubauten, the German underground band, by Japanese cult director Sogo Ishii, made during their 1985 tour of Japan. The band makes an elaborate and remarkably choreographed appearance in the ruins of an old ironworks which was scheduled for demolition; footage of same was incorporated into the movie and a brief appearance on stage.