Kokuho (2025)
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.
- Released
- 2025-06-06
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 174 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Sang-il Lee, Satoko Okudera
- TMDB rating
- 7.9/10 from 123 votes
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
- Ai Mikami as Fujikoma
- Masatoshi Nagase as Gongoro Tachibana