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Kokuho(2025)

Drama

Status: Released

Date: 2025-06-06

80%

71 Votes

Time: 2h 54m

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.

Languages: Japanese.

Countries:

Japan

Budget: $8,000,000.00

Revenue: $134,421,151.00

ProductionCompanies:

Movie: Kokuho

Top 10 Billed Cast

吉沢亮

Kikuo Tachibana

横浜流星

Shunsuke Ogaki

高畑充希

Harue Fukuda

寺島しのぶ

Sachiko Ogaki

黒川想矢

Kikuo (young)

越山敬達

Shunsuke (young)

田中泯

Mangiku Onogawa

渡辺謙

Hanjiro Hanai

森七菜

Akiko

三浦貴大

Takeno

Video Trailer Kokuho

Video: KOKUHO | Official Trailer | Experience It In IMAX®

KOKUHO | Official Trailer | Experience It In IMAX®

Official Trailer

Trailer 2 [Subtitled]

Bong Joon Ho and Sang-il Lee on Makeup's Role in Storytelling [Subtitled]

Bong Joon Ho interviews director Sang-il Lee [Subtitled]

Scene at the Academy (Feat. Sang-il Lee, Ryo Yoshizawa, and Janet Yang)

All 6 videos

KOKUHO | Official Trailer | Experience It In IMAX® - Trailer

Official Trailer - Trailer

Trailer 2 [Subtitled] - Trailer

Bong Joon Ho and Sang-il Lee on Makeup's Role in Storytelling [Subtitled] - Featurette

Bong Joon Ho interviews director Sang-il Lee [Subtitled] - Featurette

Scene at the Academy (Feat. Sang-il Lee, Ryo Yoshizawa, and Janet Yang) - Featurette

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