Kokuho

Jun 6, 2025

2h 54m

★ 8.0

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

TOHO

Aniplex

Myriagon Studio

CREDEUS

AMUSE

Lawson

Kokuho Trailers

Cast

Kikuo Tachibana

Ryo Yoshizawa

Shunsuke Ogaki

Ryusei Yokohama

Harue Fukuda

Mitsuki Takahata

Sachiko Ogaki

Shinobu Terajima

Kikuo (young)

Soya Kurokawa

Shunsuke (young)

Keitatsu Koshiyama

Mangiku Onogawa

Min Tanaka

Hanjiro Hanai

Ken Watanabe

Akiko

Nana Mori

Takeno

Takahiro Miura

Fujikoma

Ai Mikami

Gongoro Tachibana

Masatoshi Nagase

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