Juggling around the world.

These episodes are a video series created by WATANABE Hisashi, a physical researcher and circus artist who is the founder of the Atama to Kuchi company that has performed in more than 15 countries.

This is about the adventures of a juggling monster, Ojami-hyon, who appears and performs in various places around the world. (In the dialect of western Japan, beanbag balls used by jugglers are known as “ojami.”)

Presented by: The Japan Foundation (https://www.jpf.go.jp/e/)

A juggling monster Ojami-hyon is living in a 100-year-old house.
When no one is around, he secretly comes out and plays…

＜Performance Credits＞
Playwright, Direction: WATANABE Hisashi
Juggling : WATANABE Hisashi
Presentation:: Atama to Kuchi
Production : Atama to Kuchi
Film & Edit : SAKURAGI Yoshiyuki
Music : YAMANAKA Toru
Published in July 2017
Filmed in : The house in Kyoto, Japan where Hisashi Watanabe grew up. It was built 400 years ago and used to be samurai’s house.

＜Promotional Text＞
TANAKA Nobuko (English), KAWAZOE Fumiko (Japanese)

End date of distribution: 31/3/2022

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Presented by: The Japan Foundation (JF) (https://www.jpf.go.jp/e/​)

Juggling monster Ojami-hyon chases a ball and comes across an abandoned factory. After following the ball, he starts to explore.

＜Performance Credits＞
Playwright, Direction : WATANABE Hisashi
Juggling : WATANABE Hisashi
Presentation : Atama to Kuchi
Production : fifoo-Bühnenkunstverein
Film & Edit : Elsa OKAZAKI
Music : YAMANAKA Toru
Production: fifoo-Bühnenkunstverein
Filmed in F23.wir.fabriken in Vienna, Austria.

＜Promotional Text＞
TANAKA Nobuko (English), KAWAZOE Fumiko (Japanese)

End date of distribution: 31/3/2022

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Episode 3 features a guest appearance by Guillaume MARTINET, a famous juggler from company DeFracto in France.

Presented by: The Japan Foundation (JF) (https://www.jpf.go.jp/e/​)

Juggling monster Ojami-hyon finds his way to an island.
Someone is gazing at him from behind a rock …

＜Performance Credits＞
Playwright, Direction : WATANABE Hisashi
Juggling : WATANABE Hisashi, Guillaume MARTINET
Presentation : Atama to Kuchi
Production : Atama to Kuchi
Film & Edit : SAKURAGI Yoshiyuki
Music : NOMURA Makoto
Balls : PM juggling
Filmed in Maeda beach, Okinawa, November 2017

＜Promotional Text＞
TANAKA Nobuko (English), KAWAZOE Fumiko (Japanese)

End date of distribution: 31/3/2022