‘Kokuho’ review: Betrayals, sex, envy β sounds like the theater world
Director Sang-il Lee sets his epic-scaled βKokuhoβ in the vivid world of kabuki theater, but itβs not just the movieβs milieu that distinguishes it. Spanning 50 years and running nearly three hours, βKokuho,β which has become Japanβs biggest live-action hit ever, evinces intensely mixed feelings about its two main charactersβ quest for greatness. Kabuki is…