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Kokuho
Nagasaki, 1964: Following the death of his Yakuza father, 15-year-old Kikuo is taken under the wings of a famous Kabuki actor. Alongside Shunsuke, the actor’s only son, he decides to dedicate himself to this traditional form of theatre. For decades, the two young men grow and evolve together – and one will become the greatest Japanese master of the art of Kabuki.
2025 · Directed by Sang-il Lee · 174 min · Drama · 10 frames
Crew
- Screenplay: Satoko Okudera
- Cinematography: Sofian El Fani
- Edited by: Tsuyoshi Imai
- Music: Marihiko Hara
- Production design: Nao Shimoyama, Yohei Taneda
- Produced by: Shinzo Matsuhashi
Cast
- Ryo Yoshizawa as Kikuo Tachibana
- Ryusei Yokohama as Shunsuke Ogaki
- Mitsuki Takahata as Harue Fukuda
- Shinobu Terajima as Sachiko Ogaki
- Soya Kurokawa as Kikuo (young)
- Keitatsu Koshiyama as Shunsuke (young)
- Min Tanaka as Mangiku Onogawa
- Ken Watanabe as Hanjiro Hanai
- Nana Mori as Akiko
- Takahiro Miura as Takeno
Production
- Country: Japan
- Language: Japanese
- Studios: TOHO, Aniplex, Myriagon Studio, CREDEUS
- Budget: $8,000,000
- Box office: $134,421,151
- Themes: based on novel or book, rivalry, cross dressing, period drama, gender roles, lgbt, kabuki, 1960s, theater performance, nagasaki, japan
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