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Kokuho

Original title: 国宝

2025 · NR · 2h 54m

Directed by Sang-il Lee

7.9

TMDB audience score
127 votes, out of 10

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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
    Kikuo Tachibana

  • Ryusei Yokohama
    Shunsuke Ogaki

  • Mitsuki Takahata
    Harue Fukuda

  • Shinobu Terajima
    Sachiko Ogaki

  • Soya Kurokawa
    Kikuo (young)

  • Keitatsu Koshiyama
    Shunsuke (young)

  • Min Tanaka
    Mangiku Onogawa

  • Ken Watanabe
    Hanjiro Hanai

  • Nana Mori
    Akiko

  • Takahiro Miura
    Takeno

  • Ai Mikami
    Fujikoma

  • Masatoshi Nagase
    Gongoro Tachibana

  • Kyusaku Shimada
    Umeki

  • Emma Miyazawa
    Matsu Tachibana

  • Kumi Takiuchi
    Ayano (adult)

  • Misa Wada
    Maid

  • Nagiko Tsuji
    Maid

  • Tateto Serizawa
    Gen