NHK WORLD PRIME
Season 4 Episode 12 - OKINA Dance of Life
Noh-Kyogen is allegedly the most ancient existing form of theater. Among its repertories, "Okina-Sanbaso" is performed only on special occasions, such as the new year. With enigmatic origins, it is a sacred rite that only the selected few Noh actors are allowed to perform. In 2019, under cherry trees in full bloom, the most prominent Noh performers of Japan staged "Okina-Sanbaso" in Tanzan Shrine, Nara Prefecture. Kanze Kiyokazu, the direct descendant of Noh founders Kan'ami and Zeami and the 26th head of Kanze school, danced the first part, "Okina." Nomura Mansai, dancing the latter part, "Sanbaso," is an actor representing Japan. World-renowned musician, Ryuichi Sakamoto, who is also deeply interested in this unique piece, will animate throughout the program our exploration of the performance in an attempt to decipher the underlying spirituality of Japanese culture, in regard to concepts of "Multicultural symbiosis" and of "Animism." (Excerpt)
Episodes in Season 4
SAMURAI WALL
49 min
Repatriation: Resettling in North Korea
50 min
MIYAKO, The Last Dance
50 min
8K Documentary: The Microscopic World of iPS Cells
49 min
All That Remains
49 min
Stumbling Toward the Precipice
50 min
Refugee Heroes: The Road to Tokyo
49 min
Dignity for All: The Legacy of Sadako Ogata
50 min
Digital Detectives
49 min
10 Years and Beyond: iPS Cells and Kyoto University's CiRA
49 min
Journalism of Hope
49 min
OKINA Dance of Life
49 min
Oswald and JFK UNSOLVED CASES Part 1: The Pawn
50 min
Oswald and JFK UNSOLVED CASES Part 2: The Chessmaster
50 min
Peace and Justice: The Spirit of Japan's Postwar Constitution
50 min
Pandemic Diaries: How the Emergency Declaration Affected Us
40 min
Tsuruko's Tea Journey in Germany
50 min
Exposing the Coronavirus: Our Invisible Enemy in 3DCG
48 min
The Shape of Sound: A Piano Paints the Seasons of Nara
45 min
AI vs Pandemic: Part 1
50 min
AI vs Pandemic: Part 2
49 min
The Lost Textile of Ryukyu
49 min
Poisonous Secrets: What Did Japan and the US Bury?
50 min
FACES the Special - Voices of Hope for an Inclusive Future
49 min
Koza, Okinawa: Base Town Blues
49 min
UNTOLD STORIES OF THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA: Women and Teens on the Frontline
50 min
