Coinciding with the release of the action-adventure video game, neoclassical composer Ilan Eshkeri opens up about his initial hesitation with the project, research into Japanese music and his love of ...

Masaaki Yuasa’s animated musical channels David Bowie to tell the tale of two outcasts in medieval Japan who find redemption in the liberating power of music. By Patrick Brzeski Asia Bureau Chief ...

The gaki is a "biwa" player of the ogre, who plays the instrument well. When he starts to play it at the veranda, surroundings transform into the profound and remote world. Characters come out from ...