Veteran Kabuki actor Matsumoto Hakuo and renowned painter Atsushi Uemura were among six people selected as this year's recipients of Japan's top cultural award, the government said Tuesday.Other recipients of the Order of Culture are koto harp performer Shoin Yamase, 89, electrical engineering researcher Hiroyuki Sakaki, 78, fermentation researcher Teruhiko Beppu, 88 and Chinese history scholar Tadao Yoshikawa, 85.Matsumoto, 80, a long-time actor in the Kabuki world, has also been active in musicals, movies and TV dramas. He starred as the main character of "Man of La Mancha," a musical ins…READ FULL ARTICLE
