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Akiko: Portrait of a Dancer

19851h 47mMovieDocumentary

“I have three tasks in my life: to dance, to teach dance, and to create dance,” says the pioneering Japanese performer Akiko Kanda in this intimate portrait of creativity and individuality, After seeing a Martha Graham performance in…

DirectorSumiko Haneda
ProducerMitsuru Kudo

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Cast · Directed by Sumiko Haneda

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Akiko Kanda

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