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.

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

director Sang-il Lee

writer Satoko Okudera

cast