In an exclusive interview, Ken Watanabe reflects on nearly quitting acting, surviving leukemia twice, Broadway and Japan's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GKids will play the shortlisted Japanese Oscar submission in IMAX on January 21 before releasing it in Los Angeles and New York on ...

Photograph by Courtesy of Max. SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers from the Season 2 premiere of HBO’s “Tokyo Vice,” now streaming on Max. The jaw-dropping Season 2 premiere, which debuted ...

Ken Watanabe is a renowned Japanese actor celebrated for his compelling portrayals of tragic heroes in both Japanese and international cinema. Born Kensaku Watanabe on October 21, 1959, in Koide, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The stadium jacket anchors the collection—cut from a cotton-blend satin and detailed with a bold mash-up of the official Los Angeles Dodgers logo and Ralph Lauren script in rich embroidery and ...

Ken Watanabe, Japan’s leading international star, tackles a truly different kind of role in the decades-spanning drama “Kokuho.” An Oscar nominee for its makeup and hairstyling, “Kokuho” is set in the ...

When Lee Sang-il's Kabuki drama "Kokuho" first played at Cannes, its veteran star Ken Watanabe, who plays the mentor to two rising onnagata in his Kabuki theater, had no idea the film would become the ...