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Evangelion Kabuki Adaptation Reveals Exciting Cast for 30th Anniversary

The world of Japanese theater embraces a new classic this year. The iconic series Neon Genesis Evangelion will appear on a ...

Kabuki actors' name boards on display at Kyoto theater for year-end shows

A theater in Kyoto City is displaying name boards of Kabuki actors ahead of the year-end shows. They include a father and son ...
Variety

‘Kokuho’ Team on Bringing Kabuki Theater to a Younger Generation: ‘It’s a Movie About Art, Two Actors and the Life of Actors’

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 ...

‘Kokuho' Becomes Japan's Highest-Grossing Local Live-Action Movie Ever In Market; Kabuki Drama Is Country's Oscar Submission

Lee Sang-il's kabuki drama Kokuho has set a new record in Japan, becoming the highest-grossing Japanese live-action film ever ...
Variety

‘Kokuho’ Review: A Hit in Its Home Country, Three-Hour Japanese Epic Illuminates the Highs and Lows of Kabuki Theater

Lee Sang-il, the director of 'Unforgiven,' crafts a decades-spanning historical drama starring Ryo Yoshizawa as an orphan aspiring to master the rigorous artform. The title “Kokuho” translates to ...