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Kodō heartbeat drummers of Japan

Title
  1. Kodō [videorecording] : heartbeat drummers of Japan / Nemesis Productions ; produced and directed by Jacques Holender.
Published by
  1. New York, NY : Rhapsody Films, 1991, c1984.

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Additional authors
  1. Kawauchi, Toshio.
  2. Crabb, Michael, 1947-
  3. Holender, Jacques.
  4. Ishii, Maki.
  5. Kodō (Musical group)
  6. Nemesis (Firm)
  7. Rhapsody Films.
  8. DHCA.
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
  1. Documentary on Kodō, a company of drummers who live communally on the island of Sado, Japan. In addition to performance footage recorded onstage and in various outdoor locations, the men and women of the company are seen running and doing strengthening exercises in preparation for the physical demands of drumming, making the taiko (drums), rehearsing, and going about their daily activities. Company director Toshio Kawauchi and other group members talk about aspects of their life and art, including their wish to maintain a lifestyle in touch with nature, and their repertory, which includes contemporary as well as traditional music. The program climaxes with the group's performance at the National Theatre of Japan in Tokyo.
Alternative title
  1. Heartbeat drummers of Japan.
Subject
  1. Drummers (Musicians)
  2. Music > Japan
  3. Japan
Genre/Form
  1. Music.
  2. Dance.
  3. Documentaries and factual films and programs.
  4. Motion pictures.
Contents
  1. Performance excerpts: Miyake [musical composition] -- Yatai bayashi [musical composition] / recorded onstage and on the beach -- Traditional folk dance -- Traditional dance / performed in front of a Shinto shrine by Keiko -- Monochrome / music, Maki Ishii -- Dyu-ha / performed at the National Theatre ; music, Maki Ishii.
Call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-2201
Note
  1. Motion picture originally released in 1984 ; re-issued as a videotape in 1991 by Rhapsody Films.
Credits (note)
  1. Associate producer, Christine Norman ; cinematographer, Rene Ohashi.
Performer (note)
  1. Narrator: Michael Crabb.
  2. Performed by Kodō.
  3. Interviewees: Toshio Kawauchi and others.
Event (note)
  1. Filmed on location with the Kodō community at Sado Island and Tokyo, Japan, in summer 1983.
Language (note)
  1. Titles and narration in English ; some interviews in Japanese with voice-over English translation.
Title
  1. Kodō [videorecording] : heartbeat drummers of Japan / Nemesis Productions ; produced and directed by Jacques Holender.
Imprint
  1. New York, NY : Rhapsody Films, 1991, c1984.
Country of producing entity
  1. Canada.
Event
  1. Filmed on location with the Kodō community at Sado Island and Tokyo, Japan, in summer 1983.
Credits
  1. Associate producer, Christine Norman ; cinematographer, Rene Ohashi.
Performer
  1. Narrator: Michael Crabb.
  2. Performed by Kodō.
  3. Interviewees: Toshio Kawauchi and others.
Language
  1. Titles and narration in English ; some interviews in Japanese with voice-over English translation.
Added author
  1. Kawauchi, Toshio. Interviewee. Performer
  2. Crabb, Michael, 1947- Narrator
  3. Holender, Jacques. Producer. Director
  4. Ishii, Maki. Composer
  5. Kodō (Musical group)
  6. Nemesis (Firm)
  7. Rhapsody Films.
  8. DHCA.
Added title
  1. Heartbeat drummers of Japan.
Research call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-2201
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