
Sacrifice
0.0(0)195910m0
Filmed only a few months after Tatsumi Hijikata’s first explosive public butoh performance, “Gisei” features Hijikata and members of his Asbestos Hall Troupe in a brutal allegory of a closed society. Shot by noted Japanese film scholar Donald Richie, “Gisei” still conveys the shock that Japanese audiences in 1959 must have felt at the birth of Hijikata's ankoku butoh, or "dance of darkness". Richie met Hijikata through mutual friend Yukio Mishima. They decided to collaborate on a film about segregation. Richie memorialized the film in his diary: “It is more than ever about the death of an individual, a distinct kind of human sacrifice.”
- Status
- Released
- Budget
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- Box office
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- Language
- Japanese
- short film
Top billed cast
Release dates
JapanJP
- Theatrical1 Jan 1959
Frequently asked questions
- When was Sacrifice released?
- Sacrifice was released on 1 January 1959.
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- Who directed Sacrifice?
- Sacrifice (1959) was directed by Donald Richie.
- How long is Sacrifice?
- Sacrifice runs for 10m.












