
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.

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

Three
Three

The Limey
The Limey

The Lyric
The Lyric

Tennessee Queer
Tennessee Queer

The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Hair
Hair

Herculanum
Herculanum

Pulse
Pulse

I Love Hooligans
I Love Hooligans

Hello, Stranger
Hello, Stranger

Naked
Naked

The World In Your Window
The World In Your Window