Noppera-bo

Director: William Yongise Fujiwara
Interpretation: Denise Fujiwara
Production: W Zento Productions and Moonhorse Dance Theatre
CInematographer and Editor: William Yong
Composer: Michael FK from Artist
Writers: Denise Fujiwara, Stephen Trigg and William Yong
Costumes: Jennifer Dallas, Denise Fujiwara and William Yong
Production Assistants: James Kendal and Jen Hum

This short film arose out of meditations on the alchemy of the entwining issues of masks and anonymity. Noppera-bo is a faceless ghost in Japanese, a fantastical creature that sows fear. Noppera-bo seems to have re-emerged in our time where fear and distrust are triggered. Choreographer Fujiwara and director Yong worked imaginatively and intuitively conjuring ideas into movement and startling imagery resulting in Yong’s haunting short dance film, Noppera-bo.