Satoko Shimazaki revisits three centuries of kabuki theater, reframing it as a key player in the formation of an early modern urban identity in Edo Japan and exploring the process that resulted in its ...
Backstage melodrama meets succession saga in Sang-il Lee's feature, which is toplined by Ryo Yoshizawa and Ryusei Yokohama ...
"What a beautiful face... But be careful. Your beautiful face might consume you." Definitely. GKids has revealed a second ...
TOKYO (AP) — A three-hour film about the esoteric world of Kabuki is defying the odds at the Japanese box office, with tickets selling out at some cinemas. “Kokuho,” which means “national treasure,” ...
"All you have to fight your detractors is the art of Kabuki." GKids has unveiled the official US trailer for an acclaimed Japanese film titled Kokuho, made by filmmaker Sang-il Lee. The title Kokuho ...
As part of Variety’s Screening Series, “Kokuho” production designer Yohei Taneda and producer Chieko Murata joined Variety’s ...
An exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago features over 30 of Tōshūsai Sharaku’s rarely shown ukiyo-e prints exemplifying the classic Japanese theater genre. Tōshūsai Sharaku, "The Actor Segawa ...
On stage, one of Japan’s biggest Kabuki stars changes roles in an instant. Offstage, it took decades
TOKYO (AP) — Onstage, Danjuro Ichikawa, one of the biggest stars of Japan’s Kabuki theater, is a virtuoso in switching roles. In his latest production, he plays 13 parts, including a princess, a sushi ...
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