Kokuho (2025)

06/06/2025 (JP) • 2h 54m

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.

Top Billed 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


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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

$8,000,000.00

Revenue

$103,003,335.00

Keywords

rivalry

cross dressing

period drama

gender roles

kabuki

1960s

theater performance

japanese culture

nagasaki, japan

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