Film distributor GKIDS announces Japan’s official selection for Best International Feature of the 2026 Academy Awards and the second-highest grossing Japanese live-action film of all time, KOKUHO will be screened in one-week-only theatrical engagements at AMC theaters starts November 14
Nationwide theatrical release to come – For more updates: https://gkids.com/films/kokuho/
Synopsis
Nagasaki, 1964. After the death of his father, the leader of a yakuza gang, 14-year-old Kikuo is taken under the wing of a famous Kabuki actor. Alongside Shunsuke, the actor’s only son, Kikuo decides to dedicate himself to this traditional form of theatre. Across decades, the two young men grow and evolve together – from acting school to the grandest stages – amid scandals and glory, brotherhood and betrayals, as each pushes to become the greatest living Kabuki master.
From acclaimed director Sang-il Lee (Pachinko), KOKUHO (meaning “national treasure”) is a film of awe-inspiring scope and sumptuous beauty, and a monument to the artists who would sacrifice everything in the pursuit of the ultimate performance.
KOKUHO
Director: Sang-Il LEE
Screenplay: Satoko OKUDERA
Original Novel by: Shuichi YOSHIDA
Executive Producers: Atsuhiro IWAKAMI, Nobuhiko ITO, Hiroyuki ARAKI, Minami ICHIKAWA, Akihito WATANABE, & Shinzo MATSUHASHI
Developed and Produced by: Chieko MURATA
Producer: Shinzo MATSUHASHI
Cast: Ryo Yoshizawa, Ryusei Yokohama, Soya Kurokawa, Keitatsu Koshiyama, Mitsuki Takahata, Nana Mori, Shinobu Terajima, Min Tanaka, Ken Watanabe
