Adaptations
The first butoh piece was an adaptation of Kinjiki by Tatsumi Hijikata, which premiered in 1959.
The title of the novel was used by David Sylvian and Ryuichi Sakamoto as the name of their theme song for the film soundtrack of Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, a film set in a Japanese POW camp in Java which includes exploration of homoerotic themes.
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