Kokuho Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

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, Kikuo decides to dedicate himself to this traditional form of theatre. Across decades, the two young men grow and evolve together – from acting school to the grandest stages – amid scandals and glory, brotherhood and betrayals, as each pushes to become the greatest living Kabuki master.

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Drama

• R
  Ryo Yoshizawa

  ... Kikuo Tachibana (Toichiro Hanai)

• R
  Ryusei Yokohama

  ... Shunsuke Ogaki (Hanya Hanai)

• S
  Soya Kurokawa

  ... Young Kikuo

• K
  Keitatsu Koshiyama

  ... Young Shunsuke

  My Sunshine

• M
  Mitsuki Takahata

  ... Harue Fukuda

• N
  Nana Mori

  ... Akiko

• S
  Shinobu Terajima

  ... Sachiko Ogaki

  One Thousand Paper Cranes

• M
  Min Tanaka

  ... Mangiku Onogawa

• K
  Ken Watanabe

  ... Hanjiro Hanai

  Inception, The Creator

Who is making Kokuho – Crew List

Director

Sang-il Lee

Screenwriters

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Production – What we know about the Kokuho

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Key Facts

• Upon its domestic release in Japan in June, KOKUHO has become a box office phenomenon, grossing over $100 million (8.17 million admissions) as of September 29th, marking the film as the second-highest grossing Japanese live-action film of all time. 2025-12-22
• KOKUHO means “national treasure”. 2025-12-22
• Japan's Official Submission Best International Feature Film at the 98th Oscars® 2025-12-22

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Dec 2025

Completed

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