Kokuho (2025)

9 | Jun 06, 2025 (JP) | Drama, History | 02:54

https://www.palacefilms.com.au/kokuho

rivalry cross dressing gender roles kabuki theater performance

Budget: N/A | Revenue: 44 900 000

Nagasaki, 1964 — Following the death of his yakuza father, 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.