The highest-grossing Japanese live action film of all time and winner of 10 Japanese Academy Film Prizes (including Best Film), Kokuho is an epic drama about friendship, love and the often punishing cost of fame and ambition.
Aspiring teenage actor Kikuo Tachibana’s life is turned upside down when his yakuza father is killed in a raid by a rival gang. Initially hungry for revenge, Kikuo sets down a different path when he is taken under the wing of iconic kabuki actor Hanai Hanjiro II. Kikuo and Hanai’s son Shunsuke become inseparable. As the years pass, however, their fates diverge, and their friendship is severely tested as they each navigate the cutthroat world of elite kabuki theatre.
Cert 15A | Duration 175mins | Japanese language (with English subtitles)
Tickets €12 / conc €10
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