A nearly three-hour film about Kabuki was never supposed to be a box office juggernaut, but “Kokuho” has defied expectations to become Japan’s top live-action hit — and an Oscars international feature ...

If there’s a motif running through some awards contenders this season, it’s how niche characters or subjects are finding a wider audience. For example, many perceived risk in a movie about a ...

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Considered by some to be one of our most important collections of modern religious art, the Methodist Art Collection is currently being displayed across Leicester prior to a major conservation project ...

The new anime series Lazarus, one of the most anticipated titles of the year, finally premiered on Toonami. It’s a prestigious production for several reasons. Director Shinichiro Watanabe’s previous ...

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 ...

Iyo Sky was formerly engaged to Takaaki Watanabe, a fellow professional wrestler better known by the ring name Evil. Before Watanabe, she was dating Kazushige Nosawa, and the two lived together in ...

PETALING JAYA: It will be an emotional outing for Jeremy Gan and his charges Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino in the ongoing Japan Open in Yokohama. It will be the top mixed pair’s last tournament ...