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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.

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

Ai Mikami
Fujikoma

Masatoshi Nagase
Gongoro Tachibana

Kyūsaku Shimada
Umeki

Emma Miyazawa
Matsu Tachibana

Kumi Takiuchi
Ayano (adult)

Misa Wada
Maid

Nagiko Tsuji
Maid

Tateto Serizawa
Gen

Yusaku Mori

Transamerica

I Wish I Never Met You

The Greatest Beer Run Ever

The Last Samurai

Milarepa

GOZEN: The Sword of Pure Romance

Ben-Hur

Ekaj

Hunter

Selfhood

Good Morning, Vietnam

JFK

Bohemian Rhapsody

And the Beat Goes On: The Sonny and Cher Story

In Seventh Heaven

After Louie

Beach Rats

Papilio Buddha

Land of Storms

Days of Thunder