Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s not often that a film that showcase elements of traditional Kabuki theater reaches American audiences like Kokuho. It’s one ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Naomi Hibino says her initial response was to “go numb” upon learning that she and her fellow hair and makeup artists had been ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. “Every makeup artist has their own style, but it was really important to keep what was passed down,” says Naomi ...

Ahead of a show at the famed Kabuki-za theater in central Tokyo, wig master Tadashi Kamoji carefully places a topknot ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - A rickshaw, women in elaborate brocade kimonos, the echo of bamboo flutes. And Jesus of Nazareth, his face painted white with the flaring red lines typical of makeup in Japan's ...

“Every makeup artist has their own style, but it was really important to keep what was passed down,” says Naomi Hibino, the kabuki makeup artist behind director Sang-il Lee’s “Kokuho,” a mesmerizing ...