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 ...

In a notable case of nominative determinism, the 2025 film about a kabuki star, Kokuho – meaning “national treasure” – became ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s not often that a film that showcase elements of traditional Kabuki theater reaches American audiences like Kokuho. It’s one ...

Kokuho, an expansive if slightly meandering drama about art, ambition and aging from director Lee Sang-il, begins with a violent death. Specifically, it’s the death of a yakuza leader in 1964 Nagasaki ...

Kabuki film “Kokuho” (National Treasure) took home top honors in 10 categories, including best picture, at the 49th Japan ...

Modern film has shown that it can breathe new life into traditional art forms, particularly in Japan, where live-action films have historically struggled to make a lasting cultural mark. Kokuho, which ...

“Kokuho” (National Treasure) has now generated 17.37 billion yen ($111 million) in box office revenue, breaking the record gross for a Japanese live-action film, distributor Toho Co. said Nov. 25. The ...

Out of all traditional Japanese performing arts, Kabuki (which literally translates to “the art of singing and dancing” in English) is likely the most recognizable to Western cultures, with its ...

Producer Chieko Murata and production designer Yohei Taneda discuss the making of Sang-il Lee's nearly three-hour-long epic, which focuses on the life of a fictional kabuki actor. By David Canfield ...

Director Sang-il Lee sets his epic-scaled "Kokuho" in the vivid world of kabuki theater, but it’s not just the movie’s milieu that distinguishes it. Spanning 50 years and running nearly three hours, ...

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 once a ...