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Original version with English subtitles
Poster
Director
Sang-il Lee
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)
Plot Outline
Nagasaki, 1964: Following the death of his yakuza father, 15-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 - and one will become the greatest Japanese master of the art of kabuki.
Genre
Drama
Runtime
175 minutes
Production country
JP
Released
2025
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