Kabuki film ‘Kokuho’ is a box office hit aiming for the Oscars. It could help revive the art form itself

By Thomas Page, CNN (CNN) — In the movie “Kokuho,” a three-hour epic spanning half a century in the life of a fictional kabuki actor, we see the traditional art form slowly retreat from Japanese popular culture. What was once a national interest — albeit, a relatively middle class one — recedes into a niche,