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

One of the most beautiful Japanese traditions is that of kabuki theater. The dance dramas are known for their elaborate and colorful makeup and costumes, stylized performances, and broad postures, ...

Ken Watanabe, Japan’s leading international star, tackles a truly different kind of role in the decades-spanning drama “Kokuho.” An Oscar nominee for its makeup and hairstyling, “Kokuho” is set in the ...

The Oscar-nominated Kokuho tells a compelling story about friendship, the weight of history and the torturous road to ...

It’s not often that a film that showcase elements of traditional Kabuki theater reaches American audiences like Kokuho. It’s one of the types of theater where makeup plays an absolutely essential ...

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese Kabuki star who recently assumed a prestigious stage name said Friday he wants to preserve the traditional art while adopting a new approach, including by collaborating with ...

Kabuki is struggling to recover after the death of two leading actors: Ichikawa Danjūrō and Nakamura Kanzaburō. This double-blow puts pressure on the younger performers to play a more prominent role, ...

LIKE SO MUCH in traditional Japanese culture, Kabuki is highly formal and stylized. Yet it can also be raucous, visceral and broadly comic. Alex Kerr, a Bethesda-born writer on Japanese culture and ...

Celebrated Kabuki actor and living national treasure Nakamura Kichiemon died of heart failure in Tokyo on Nov. 28. He was 77. His funeral is being arranged by close relatives. Kichiemon had been ...

If the story of coronavirus has dominated your thoughts -- and how could it not? -- here's a story that likely hasn't... Before the global pandemic, Japan was set to confer one of its highest honors ...