{
  "id": 5114969,
  "title": "Tokyo’s National Theatre Reopens — But Not for a Kabuki Performance",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/tokyos-national-theatre-reopens-but-not-for-a-kabuki-performance",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-02T15:10:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tokyo Weekender",
    "slug": "tokyo-weekender",
    "url": "https://www.tokyoweekender.com/things-to-do-in-tokyo/ranshou-future-history-onnagata-national-theatre/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Last year, Lee Sang-il’s Kokuho did something no Japanese film had managed in over two decades: it became the country’s highest-grossing live-action local release, pulling in more than $120 million and landing as Japan’s entry for this year’s Academy Awards. At its center are two rivals who give their entire lives to onnagata, the kabuki […] The post Tokyo’s National Theatre Reopens — But Not for…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}