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 ...

Ken Watanabe, Japan’s leading international star, tackles a truly different kind of role in the decades-spanning drama ...

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 ...

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 ...

Despite the actor’s reservations, the nearly three-hour-long Kokuho has become Japan’s top-grossing live-action film. Despite the actor’s reservations, the nearly three-hour-long Kokuho has become ...

It's every actor's nightmare to die onstage... both literally and metaphorically. Fortunately, we can report that Ken Watanabe is alive and well after performing a memorable scene in the Japanese ...

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