Documentary backdrop image for the time is now. (2020)

Documentary backdrop image for the time is now. (2020)

202019 minPG-13doc-short

the time is now.

202019 minPG-13doc-short

Since 1981, Shizuko and Toshio Orimo have created music and engaged in activism against nuclear power as the Japanese shamanic improvisation duo IRO.

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Heidrun Holzfeind

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Since 1981, Shizuko and Toshio Orimo have created music and engaged in activism against nuclear power as the Japanese shamanic improvisation duo IRO.

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Shizuko and Toshio Orimo, a Japanese shamanic improvisation duo known as IRO, have collaborated since 1981. Their 19-minute film portrait captures their music and activism in the peace and anti-nuclear movements. The Orimos embrace an animist and pantheistic worldview that opposes commercialism. Their free-spirited lifestyle and creative expression reflect their commitment to these ideals.

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