In an exclusive interview, Ken Watanabe reflects on nearly quitting acting, surviving leukemia twice, Broadway and Japan's ...

Logline: After the death of his father who was the head of a yakuza gang, Kikuo is taken under the wing of the renowned Kabuki actor Hanjiro Hanai (Ken Watanabe). Kikuo becomes his disciple alongside ...

The "Inception" and "The Last Samurai" star on embodying the highly stylized art for the shortlisted submission for the Best International Feature Film Oscar. GKids will play the shortlisted Japanese ...

There is an old adage that warns: "You should never meet your heroes." The fear, of course, is that the human reality will ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "That stage was made of really good wood," Watanabe says with a smile. "Before shooting, the production asked the director Lee ...

The kabuki drama has become Japan's highest-grossing live-action movie and an Oscar hopeful for the international feature prize.