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Kabuki film ‘Kokuho’ is a box office hit aiming for the Oscars. It could help revive the art form itself

Ryo Yoshizawa and Ryusei Yokohama as Kikuo and Shunsuke, rival kabuki actors in Japanese Oscar submission "Kokuho." - Sayuri Suzuki/GKIDS In the movie “Kokuho,” a three-hour epic spanning half a ...
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‘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 ...
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‘Kokuho’ leads Japan Academy Film Prize nominations but falls short at the Oscars

The hit kabuki drama had been on the shortlist for best international feature, but still received recognition for hair and ...
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Human Anatomy as Portrayed in Woodblocks of 19th-Century Kabuki Actors

Unknown artist, “Internal bodily functions dramatized by popular kabuki actors (Kinrai ryūkō kabuki uwasa Kenbutsu no hara)” (late 19th century), woodblock (courtesy UC San Francisco, Special ...
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Kabuki film ‘Kokuho’ is a box office hit aiming for the Oscars. It could help revive the art form itself

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 ...