Children performing Kabuki theater have attracted crowds to a festival in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan. The Nagahama ...

TOKYO (AP) — Handing down a name over generations is a central part of the Japanese traditional theater art of Kabuki, and ...

(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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

KYOTO, Japan >> “Kokuho” has inspired Japanese fans to not only take in a Kabuki performance, but also take lessons in Nihonbuyo, dance based on the techniques of Kabuki. Etsuko Fujima, a master ...

"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 ...

In the traditional Japanese art form, which featured in the Oscar-nominated Kokuho, names and skills are passed down through ...

The tradition of name succession in Japan's Kabuki theater continues with the eighth Kikugoro, emphasizing the importance of ...

What's in a name? It's succession, legacy and celebration in Japan's Kabuki theater - Handing down a name over generations is a central part of the Japanese traditional theater art of Kabuki, and that ...