Nagasaki, 1964: Following the death of his Yakuza father, 15-year-old Kikuo is taken under the wings 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.
Directed bySang-il Lee
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 2h 54m
- Language
- JA
- Released
- June 6, 2025
- Budget
- $8,000,000
- Revenue
- $134,421,151
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Trailers & teasers
![Official UK Teaser Trailer 4 [Subtitled]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5waYOwgxWwQ/hqdefault.jpg)
![Official UK Teaser Trailer 3 [Subtitled]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/huxvhgCsvcw/hqdefault.jpg)
![Official UK Teaser Trailer 2 [Subtitled]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6mvgLgd5QmY/hqdefault.jpg)
![Official UK Teaser Trailer [Subtitled]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qkav-rRxm3c/hqdefault.jpg)
![Trailer 2 [Subtitled]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/p6k9Y-irvOE/hqdefault.jpg)
![Official Trailer [Subtitled]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/htY9T0KCyRY/hqdefault.jpg)
Featuring
Cast & crew
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
Takahiro Miura
Takeno
- Directed by
- Sang-il Lee
- Written by
- Satoko Okudera
- Produced by
- Shinzo Matsuhashi
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