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‘Kokuho’ Review: A Hit in Its Home Country, Three-Hour Japanese Epic Illuminates the Highs and Lows of Kabuki Theater


Director Lee Sang-il crafts a historical drama starring Ryo Yoshizawa as an orphan aspiring to become the rigorous artform’s greatest performer.

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