In a notable case of nominative determinism, the 2025 film about a kabuki star, Kokuho – meaning “national treasure” – became ...

New research explores music's impact on learning, memory, and emotions in two studies. One reveals that familiar music can enhance concentration and learning, while the other demonstrates that music ...

‘Bhangra’s Ambassador’ Directed by Eugene Yi, The A List, the opening film at CAAMFest 2026, is a compilation of 15 stories ...

From All About Eve to Amadeus... As a sprawling new epic set amid the kabuki theatre world arrives in cinemas, we look at films where art and performance become battlegrounds of ruthless ambition.

From a musical “Reflection on America” to the start of one of the Bay Area’s best concert series, there are a lot of great ...

Two long-running, nationally recognized, locally based film festivals are taking place in San Francisco this week. CAAMFest, the annual showcase for Asian American cinema, presents its 44th ...

Hara opens up about the creative process behind the music of KOKUHO, his influences from Ryuichi Sakamoto & what lies ahead ...

TOKYO — Handing down a name over generations is a central part of the Japanese traditional theater art of Kabuki, and that ceremony gets celebrated at theaters and special events every few years. Now, ...

Kabuki is a performance art where actors both dance and speak to the tune of traditional kabuki music. Imagine a beating drum, sparse string instruments, and a vocalist bellowing “YO!” to accentuate ...

In the movie “Kokuho,” a three-hour epic spanning half a century in the life of a fictional kabuki actor, we see the traditional art form slowly retreat from Japanese popular culture. What was once a ...