Our picks for this week include two striking exhibitions and Japan’s highest-grossing live-action film of all time.

Kokuho is a colourful, lengthy epic, spanning five decades and running almost three hours, set in the world of kabuki – Japan ...

TOKYO >> The Kabukiza Theatre in Tokyo has begun a free tablet service for those who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Celebrated Kabuki actor and living national treasure Nakamura Kichiemon died of heart failure in Tokyo on Nov. 28. He was 77. His funeral is being arranged by close relatives. Kichiemon had been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ryo Yoshizawa and Ryusei Yokohama as Kikuo and Shunsuke, rival kabuki actors in Japanese Oscar submission "Kokuho." - Sayuri ...

Lee Sang-il’s heartfelt drama spans 50 years following the bond and rivalry between two young men who play the rigorously observed female roles in the traditional art form ...

As part of Variety’s Screening Series, “Kokuho” production designer Yohei Taneda and producer Chieko Murata joined Variety’s co-editor-in-chief Cynthia Littleton for a candid conversation about the ...

Handing down a name over generations is a central part of the Japanese traditional theater art of Kabuki, and that ceremony ...

Kabuki is struggling to recover after the death of two leading actors: Ichikawa Danjūrō and Nakamura Kanzaburō. This double-blow puts pressure on the younger performers to play a more prominent role, ...