Photographer recalls 50 years of kabuki photos

Photographer Naotake Fukuda speaks in an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2015, of his five-decade career of shooting kabuki performances. Fukuda's works are being exhibited in Tokyo's Toshima Citizens Center through Nov. 23. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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