Kokuho

About Kokuho

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.

Kokuho is a 2025 drama film directed by Sang-il Lee. At 174 minutes long, it arrived in June 2025.

Ryo Yoshizawa stars as Kikuo Tachibana, Ryusei Yokohama as Shunsuke Ogaki, Mitsuki Takahata as Harue Fukuda, and Shinobu Terajima as Sachiko Ogaki. Written by Satoko Okudera. It was produced by AMUSE, Aniplex, and CREDEUS. It is adapted from a novel.

Members will find rivalry, grand, cross dressing, and gender roles in it.

The Power of the Dog, A Single Man, and Midnight Cowboy make useful companions to Kokuho, all filed under LGBT and period drama. It scores 7.9 out of 10 from 126 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.