Always Proceed and Go Forward: Koji Yakusho Reflects on His Career at 70 (opens in new tab)

Illustration by Yuko Shimizu.The sun is shining in Udine this April. This small Italian castle town, a little over an hour’s drive north of Venice, is mostly recognized for its medieval piazzas and loggia; its enduring Serie A football team; and its Friulian cuisine (try frico, a kind of fried cheese pancake). But for nine days each year, Udine looks beyond the scenic mountain ranges that mark the borders to Austria and Slovenia, and towards much more distant corners of the world—with the lon...