Kokuho

Synopsis

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.

Trailer

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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

Kyusaku Shimada

Umeki

Emma Miyazawa

Matsu Tachibana

Kumi Takiuchi

Ayano (adult)

Misa Wada

Maid

Nagiko Tsuji

Maid

Tateto Serizawa

Gen

Yusaku Mori

Zenchu Mitsui

Chairman

Crew

Art

• Nao Shimoyama Production Design
• Takuma Sakai Decorator
• Yohei Taneda Production Design

Camera

• Sofian El Fani Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Kyoko Toyokawa Makeup & Hair
• Kumiko Ogawa Costume Design
• Naomi Hibino Makeup Artist
• Tadashi Nishimatsu Wigmaker

Directing

• Sang-il Lee Director
• Yuki Kishizuka Assistant Director

Editing

• Tsuyoshi Imai Editor

Lighting

• Yuki Nakamura Lighting Director

Production

• Masunobu Motokawa Casting Director
• Shinzo Matsuhashi Producer
• Suguru Kubota Associate Producer

Sound

• Marihiko Hara Original Music Composer
• Marihiko Hara Theme Song Performance
• Masaya Kitada Sound Effects
• Toshihiro Sugita Music Producer
• Mitsugu Shiratori Sound Recordist
• Satoru Iguchi Theme Song Performance

Visual Effects

• Tetsuya Shiraishi VFX Supervisor

Writing

• Shuichi Yoshida Novel
• Satoko Okudera Screenplay

Photos