Japan Society has launched its Fall 2020/Winter 2021 Performing Arts Season with a series of online events, due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. In this double-feature program, Japanese megastar and ...

Mansai Nomura, the 37-year-old kyogen supremo who has also enjoyed success in contemporary theater and film and TV dramas, is embarking on yet another a new enterprise in Tokyo this month. At Setagaya ...

It's funny, in every sense of the word, how well an expertly crafted comic setup can translate into almost any language or performance tradition, especially when it's expertly performed. Funny and ...

A new documentary film on traditional culture, planned and produced by the Pola Foundation for the Promotion of Traditional Culture, has been completed. The 50th film presents the essence of Kyogen, ...

Shakespeare, to put it mildly, had a way with words and style to spare. A defining feature of his stories is that they adapt smoothly to a seemingly endless variety of styles and settings, in part ...

Nomura Mansai II (二世 野村 萬斎, Nisei Nomura Mansai, born April 5, 1966 under the name Takeshi Nomura (野村 武司, Nomura Takeshi)) is a well known Kyogen stage actor, and film actor. He played Abe no seimei ...

Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games Chief Executive Creative Director of the opening and closing ceremonies, Nomura attends a news conferece in Tokyo By Jack Tarrant FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE, Japan ...

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On the day of the film’s release, Nomura Yūki, who respectfully refers to his grandfather as “Mansaku sensei,” shared his thoughts on aspects of the documentary that made a renewed strong impression ...

Three new movies debuted at the top of the box office this long weekend. Find out which new films were the most popular with fans and which ones stayed. Whether you want a romance, a thriller, a ...

Japan Society has launched its Fall 2020/Winter 2021 Performing Arts Season with a series of online events, due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. In this double-feature program, Japanese megastar and ...

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