Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Ryo Yoshizawa as Kikuo Tachibana
- Ryusei Yokohama as Shunsuke Ogaki
- Mitsuki Takahata as Harue Fukuda
- Shinobu Terajima as Sachiko Ogaki
- Soya Kurokawa as Kikuo (young)
- Keitatsu Koshiyama as Shunsuke (young)
- Min Tanaka as Mangiku Onogawa
- Ken Watanabe as Hanjiro Hanai
- Nana Mori as Akiko
- Takahiro Miura as Takeno
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