Kokuho
Original title: 国宝
7.8(98)NR20252h 54mJA
Directed by Sang-il Lee
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.
based on novel or bookrivalrycross dressingperiod dramagender roleslgbtkabuki1960stheater performancenagasaki, japangrandjapanese culture
Budget $8.0MBox office $134.4M
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
