Kokuho (2025)

8.0/10 174 min Drama

Overview

Nagasaki, 1964: Following the death of his yakuza father, 15-year-old Kikuo is taken under the wing 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.

Cast

Ryo Yoshizawa

Kikuo Tachibana

Ryusei Yokohama

Shunsuke Ogaki

Mitsuki Takahata

Harue Fukuda

Shinobu Terajima

Sachiko Ogaki

Soya Kurokawa

Kikuo (young)

Keitatsu Koshiyama

Shunsuke (young)

Min Tanaka

Mangiku Onogawa

Ken Watanabe

Hanjiro Hanai

Nana Mori

Akiko

Takahiro Miura

Takeno

Ai Mikami

Fujikoma

Masatoshi Nagase

Gongoro Tachibana

Kyusaku Shimada

Umeki

Emma Miyazawa

Matsu Tachibana

Kumi Takiuchi

Ayano (adult)

Misa Wada

Maid

Nagiko Tsuji

Maid

Tateto Serizawa

Gen

Yusaku Mori

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