2025
Japan
174 minutes - DCP - 16/9 - Color
Original language : Japanese
Cast
Ryo Yoshizawa – Kikuo
Ryusei Yokohama – Shunsuke
Soya Kurokawa – Young Kikuo
Keitatsu Koshiyama – Young Shunsuke
Mitsuki Takahata – Harue
Nana Mori – Akiko
Shinobu Terajima – Sachiko
Min Tanaka – Mangiku
Ken Watanabe – Hanjiro
Credits
Director – Sang-il Lee
Screenplay – Satoko Okudera based on the book ”KOKUHO” by Shuischi Yoshida
Image – Sofian El Fani
Production – Aniplex inc.
Festivals & Awards
Cannes Film Festival - Directors' Fortnight
KOKUHO
a film by :Sang-il Lee
Nagasaki, 1964 – After the death of his father, the leader of a yakuza gang, 14-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—from acting school to the grandest stages—amid scandals and glory, brotherhood and betrayals... One of them will become the greatest Japanese master of the art of Kabuki.
Nagasaki, 1964 - A la mort de son père, chef d’un gang de yakuzas, Kikuo, 14 ans, est confié à un célèbre acteur de Kabuki. Aux côtés de Shunsuke, le fils unique de ce dernier, il décide de se consacrer à ce théâtre traditionnel. Durant des décennies, les deux jeunes hommes évoluent côte à côte, de l’école du jeu aux plus belles salles de spectacle, entre scandales et gloire, fraternité et trahisons... L'un des deux deviendra le plus grand maître japonais de l'art du Kabuki.
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