Kokuho
Kokuhô
2025, Film, 175 min, Drama, Japanese, Japan, MoviePedia score 72
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.
Directed by Sang-il Lee
Cast
- Ryô Yoshizawa as Kikuo Tachibana
- Ryûsei Yokohama as Shunsuke Ogaki
- Mitsuki Takahata as Harue Fukuda
- Shinobu Terajima as Sachiko Ogaki
- Nana Mori as Akiko
- Takahiro Miura as Teppei Takeno
- Ai Mikami as Fujikoma
- Soya Kurokawa as Kikuo Tachibana (young)
- Keitatsu Koshiyama as Shunsuke Ogaki (young)
- Masatoshi Nagase as Gongoro Tachibana
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