The Hanging Butoh Falls

Actual Japanese television news footage of a fatal accident when Yoshiuki Takada, one of the founding members of the distinguished Sankai Juku troupe, fell to his death during an aerial Butoh dance performance when his rope snapped and he plummeted to the sidewalk from a Seattle life insurance building in 1985. This incident inspired the writing of novelist Alexander Besher's "The Manga Man" (originally entitled "The Hanging Butoh"). In Besher's novel the Butoh entered the portal of an online land of the Dead called the "Z-Zone."

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Butoh
• Manga
• Man
• Hanging
• Alexander
• Besher
• Sankai
• Juku

[kingtuc07]

There is an urban legend about this in Pioneer Square in Seattle, WA. If you go to the Square around Sept 10th there have been sighting of a "hanging butoh dancer spirit" trying to complete his dance. They call this an anniversary haunting. Supposedly there here have been dozens of these sightings. So, park your butt across the street from the Mutual Life Building on one of the benches around Sept 10th and see if you can spot him!

[salamanderella]

fascinating, thanks.

[deepbluehue3]

I was told in the other posted seattle t.v. version of this video , by a poster who responded who lived there , that they had bought the ropes used from a local shipyard ... and it turns out the rope in question , discovered after laboratory analysis , had been degraded by a chemical that had came into contact with it , before they purchased it . That is the reason why it snapped .

[nickaaron09]

Thumbs up if reddit brought you here

[txbocu492]

@kingtuc07 sweet it's a saturday, I'll have to check it out

[AGHOSTTV]

@kingtuc07 Yes, It's featured on the Spooked in Seattle tours. Sad story, but great tour.

[Zebonka]

Indeed! In 5th grade we learned it was a bad idea to hang your ass from high objects. Who could've guessed!

[lecomtedelautreamont]

@Zebonka I am impressed to see that you learned something about physics in 4th grade.

[lecomtedelautreamont]

@tlyoung88 Your pun is pathetic.

[Trevor23G]

From what I heard, the rope they had was bought from the local shipyard and they tested all but the rope the butoh dancer who fell to his death. The rope had come to contact with some chemicals from the shipyard and it dissolved the rope. R.I.P.