Kokuho is nothing short of astounding, with Ryo Yoshizawa delivering a performance that's utterly captivating and ...

Working from a screenplay by Satoko Okudera, Lee focuses on onnagatas — the male actors who have played female roles in kabuki since 17th-century shoguns forbade women from performing. Within the ...

Amaterasu Za will present OKUNI: The Woman Who Created Kabuki, written, directed, and choreographed by Ako Dachs. This show will be performed in Japanese with subtitles and thematic narrations in ...

The Kabuki theater will take center stage at the Japan House Culture Center on Thursday, April 9, and Friday, April 10, 2026, ...

Kokuho is a must see film for anyone curious about the Japanese art of Kabuki theatre.

Satoko Shimazaki revisits three centuries of kabuki theater, reframing it as a key player in the formation of an early modern urban identity in Edo Japan and exploring the process that resulted in its ...