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Kokuho
Drama
⭐ 7.9
JA
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Released June 6, 2025
Release
June 6, 2025
Runtime
2h 54m
Rating
⭐ 7.9 / 10
Director
Sang-il Lee
Genres
Drama
Status
Released
Starring
Ryo Yoshizawa, Ryusei Yokohama, Mitsuki Takahata, Shinobu Terajima, Soya Kurokawa
About Kokuho
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.
Movie Details
| Director | Sang-il Lee |
| 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, Kyūsaku Shimada as Umeki, Emma Miyazawa as Matsu Tachibana, Kumi Takiuchi as Ayano (adult), Misa Wada as Maid, Nagiko Tsuji as Maid, Tateto Serizawa as Gen, Yusaku Mori as |
| Genre | Drama |
| Runtime | 174 min |
| Rating | NR |
| Studio | TOHO, Aniplex, Myriagon Studio, CREDEUS, AMUSE |
| Country | Japan |
| Languages | Japanese |
| Budget | $8,000,000 |
| Revenue | $134,421,151 |
| IMDb | View on IMDb |
