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Kokuho

2025 174 min Drama

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.

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  • 2025 Makeup and Hairstyling Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino, Tadashi Nishimatsu

budget $8,000,000 earnings $134,421,151 return 16.8x

director Sang-il Lee

writer Satoko Okudera

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KOKUHO | Official Trailer | Experience It In IMAX® trailer
Trailer 2 [Subtitled] trailer
Official Trailer 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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