Ken Watanabe, Japan’s leading international star, tackles a truly different kind of role in the decades-spanning drama ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A person walks by a poster of film "Kokuho," in Tokyo, on Aug. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama) TOKYO (AP) — A three-hour film ...

Ryo Yoshizawa and Ryusei Yokohama as Kikuo and Shunsuke, rival kabuki actors in Japanese Oscar submission "Kokuho." - Sayuri Suzuki/GKIDS In the movie “Kokuho,” a three-hour epic spanning half a ...

The Tokyo Ballet will stage a revival of Maurice Béjart’s acclaimed ballet The Kabuki in June 2025 at the New National Theatre, Tokyo. This production, originally choreographed in 1986, is inspired by ...

Japan’s all-time highest-grossing live-action film is finally coming to UK and Ireland cinemas. Kokuho, a sweeping historical ...

Tōshūsai Sharaku, "The Actor Segawa Tomisaburō II as Yadorigi, Wife of Ogishi Kurando, in 'Blooming Iris: Soga Vendetta of the Bunroku Era'" (1794) and "The Actor Ichikawa Omezō as the Manservant ...

"What a beautiful face... But be careful. Your beautiful face might consume you." Definitely. GKids has revealed a second trailer for the acclaimed Japanese drama titled Kokuho, made by filmmaker Sang ...

LONDON - A decade after opening an American headquarters, the Tokyo-based sportswear and outdoor brand Goldwin is looking to put retail expansion in motion, and that begins with raising cultural ...

(CNN) — In the movie “Kokuho,” a three-hour epic spanning half a century in the life of a fictional kabuki actor, we see the traditional art form slowly retreat from Japanese popular culture. What was ...