Kokuho

Directed by Sang-il Lee

Not Rated

2025 2h 54mDrama, History

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Set after the war in Japan, when the country experienced rapid economic growth, Kikuo Tachibana is born into a gangster family. His strange fate leads him to be eventually taken in by a kabuki theater actor. He experiences turbulent times, but his talent as a kabuki actor blossoms.

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Cast of Kokuho

Ryo YoshizawaKikuo Tachibana
Ryusei YokohamaShunsuke Ogaki
Mitsuki TakahataHarue Fukuda
Shinobu TerajimaSachiko Ogaki
Soya KurokawaKikuo (young)
Keitatsu KoshiyamaShunsuke (young)
Min TanakaMangiku Onogawa
Ken WatanabeHanjiro Hanai
Nana MoriAkiko
Takahiro MiuraTakeno
Ai MikamiFujikoma
Masatoshi NagaseGongoro Tachibana
Kyūsaku ShimadaUmeki
Emma MiyazawaMatsu Tachibana
Kumi TakiuchiAyano (adult)
Misa WadaMaid
Nagiko TsujiMaid
Tateto SerizawaGen
Yusaku Mori
Sang-il LeeDirector
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Kokuho Ratings & Reviews

Kevin WardSeptember 19, 2025
Reminded me of Black Swan in the way it blurs discipline, obsession, and performance into something beautiful, yet almost nightmarish at times. It’s a sweeping epic that unfolds across 50 years, beginning with Kikuo (Ryo Yoshizawa), who is taken in by Hanjiro (Ken Watanabe) a famous Kabuki performer after Kikuo’s father is slain in a yakuza killing. This sets up lifelong brotherhood and pseudo rivalry, with the Hanjiro’s biological son, Shunsuke (Ryusei Yokohama), as both son and now adopted son train in the art of Kabuki. The dynamic plays out in somewhat familiar beats of sacrifice and the painstaking cost of perfection. I’m not familiar at all with the art of Kabuki theater. So inevitably, it’s this entry into that specific world is what makes this feel so distinct. The Kabuki is entrancingly realized on screen. Tremendous credit to all three leads who to my knowledge had no previous Kabuki training. Even if the dramatic structure is familiar and it diverts occasionally into melodrama, the artistry at its center gives it real weight, and it’s certainly given me an appreciation for the form.

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Kokuho Trivia

Kokuho was released on June 6, 2025.

Kokuho was directed by Sang-il Lee.

Kokuho has a runtime of 2h 54m.

Kokuho was produced by Shinzô Matsuhashi.

The key characters in Kokuho are Kikuo Tachibana (Ryo Yoshizawa), Shunsuke Ogaki (Ryusei Yokohama), Harue Fukuda (Mitsuki Takahata).

Kokuho is rated Not Rated.

Kokuho is a Drama, History film.

Kokuho has an audience rating of 9.7 out of 10.

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