Kokuho (2025)

7.9/10 • 174 min • Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Ryo Yoshizawa

Kikuo Tachibana

Ryusei Yokohama

Mitsuki Takahata

Shinobu Terajima

Soya Kurokawa

Keitatsu Koshiyama

Shunsuke (young)

Min Tanaka

Mangiku Onogawa

Ken Watanabe

Nana Mori

Takahiro Miura

Ai Mikami

Masatoshi Nagase

Gongoro Tachibana

Kyusaku Shimada

Emma Miyazawa

Matsu Tachibana

Kumi Takiuchi

Misa Wada

Nagiko Tsuji

Tateto Serizawa

Yusaku Mori

Zenchu Mitsui

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