

Kokuho
2025 · Movie · 2h 54m · NR
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.
Ratings
Rotten Tomatoes
95%
TMDB
8/10
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
rivalrycross dressingperiod dramagender roleslgbtkabuki1960stheater performancegrandjapanese culturenagasaki, japanfestival chéries chéris























