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A Balasaur Score of 81 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 95%, Metacritic 80/100. Scores higher than 91% of the 6,803 2020s drama movies in this catalog. It runs long at 2h 54m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Metacritic80/100
112 audience votes
Key crew
- Sang-il LeeDirector
- Satoko OkuderaScreenplay
- Marihiko HaraOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ryo YoshizawaKikuo Tachibana
- Ryusei YokohamaShunsuke Ogaki
- Mitsuki TakahataHarue Fukuda
- Shinobu TerajimaSachiko Ogaki
- Soya KurokawaKikuo (young)
- Keitatsu KoshiyamaShunsuke (young)
- Min TanakaMangiku Onogawa
- Ken WatanabeHanjiro Hanai
- Nana MoriAkiko
- Takahiro MiuraTakeno
- Ai MikamiFujikoma
- Masatoshi NagaseGongoro Tachibana
Stills
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Themes
based on novel or bookrivalrycross dressingperiod dramagender roleslgbtkabuki1960stheater performancenagasaki, japangrandjapanese culture
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