A Western-styled nomad with a secretive past and a samurai with a family’s honor to defend. For just a moment in 2010, these two culturally defining archetypes came together on the big screen for a ...

When you go to see any movie, particularly a genre picture, you are required to make a handshake deal with the film regarding the world it’s trying to establish. If the picture can successfully ...

Prepare to crank those amps up to eleven.

Japan Society is delighted to present two new exhibitions, Bunraku Backstage and Acky Bright: Studio Infinity, on view in New York City this fall. Public programs exploring the contemporary and ...

After watching the trailer for The Bunraku, I’m more than a little confused. Its visual style conjures imagery of Dick Tracy and Kung Fu Hustle, but it’s as if these films took place in the world ...

The traditional theatrical art of bunraku combines chanting, shamisen music, and puppets for a distinctive aesthetic experience. Despite having experienced surges of popularity, it is now struggling ...

TOKYO, Aug. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Bunraku is one of Japan's representative traditional performing arts, refined over its 300-year history. This fall, its first American performance produced by the ...

A project launched in 2015 aims to tackle the declining popularity of Japan’s traditional bunraku puppet theater. Outdoor performances at which audience members can eat and drink while they watch help ...