Kokuho (2025)

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.

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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

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