These movies were all low-key box office hits.

Lee Sang-il’s kabuki drama Kokuho has set a new record in Japan, becoming the highest-grossing Japanese live-action film ever in the market with over $111M at the local box office. The Ken ...

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 ...

When Lee Sang-il's Kabuki drama "Kokuho" first played at Cannes, its veteran star Ken Watanabe, who plays the mentor to two rising onnagata in his Kabuki theater, had no idea the film would become the ...

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 ...

The Oscar-nominated trio behind Japan’s box office sensation explains how bintsuke paste, copper-based wigs and centuries of ...

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 ...

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 ...