Kokuho (2025)
Kokuhô
175 min
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.
- Release date
- May 18, 2025
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Budget
- $8,000,000
- Box office
- $134,421,151
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Trailer
Cast
- Ryô Yoshizawa as Kikuo Tachibana
- Ryûsei Yokohama as Shunsuke Ogaki
- Mitsuki Takahata as Harue Fukuda
- Shinobu Terajima as Sachiko Ogaki
- Soya Kurokawa as Kikuo Tachibana (young)
- Keitatsu Koshiyama as Shunsuke Ogaki (young)
- Min Tanaka as Mangiku Onogawa
- Ken Watanabe as Hanjiro Hanai
- Nana Mori as Akiko
- Takahiro Miura as Teppei Takeno
- Ai Mikami as Fujikoma
- Masatoshi Nagase as Gongoro Tachibana
- Kyūsaku Shimada as Umeki
- Kumi Takiuchi as Ayano (adult)
- Misa Wada as Maid
- Nagiko Tsuji as Maid
- Tateto Serizawa as Gen
- Yûsaku Mori
- Zenchû Mitsui as Chairman
Crew
- Sang-il Lee · Director
- Satoko Okudera · Writer
- Shûichi Yoshida · Writer
- Hiroyuki Araki · Producer
- Minami Ichikawa · Producer
- Nobuhiro Itô · Producer
- Atsuhiro Iwakami · Producer
- Marihiko Hara · Composer
- Sofian El Fani · Cinematographer
- Masunobu Boo Motokawa · Casting director
- Yôhei Taneda · Production designer