Ken Watanabe and director Lee Sang-il discuss Kabuki epic 'Kokuho,' Japan’s top live-action hit and an Oscars international feature shortlister.

Kabuki drama “Kokuho” has made box office history, becoming the highest-grossing Japanese live-action film of all time in its home market. It surpassed the 22-year-old record set by “Bayside Shakedown ...

Official poster for Lee Sang-il's Kokuho. For years the Japanese domestic film market has been dominated by anime movies, and for good reason. However, a new contender has recently emerged from the ...

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In late November, the movie beame Japan’s highest-grossing live-action film of all time in its own market, with over 12.3 million tickets sold to date, surpassing ¥17,765,043,700 Japanese yen ($113M), ...

Total ticket sales revenue jumped 32 percent to a record 274.45 billion yen ($1.79 billion) as local megahits drove the world's third-largest film market past its prior pre-pandemic peak.

Lee Sang-il's Kokuho - a nearly three-hour period drama about the cloistered world of traditional kabuki theater - has defied all reasonable expectations to become Japan's top-grossing domestic ...

Tokyo Taxi director Yamada Yoji told audiences at the Tokyo Film Festival on Monday that he admires how the Korean government has supported the film industry there for decades, and called on the ...