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.
Cast
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
Crew
Lee Sang-il
Director
Satoko Okudera
Screenplay
Shuichi Yoshida
Novel
Tsuyoshi Imai
Editor
Sofian El Fani
Director of Photography
Yuki Kishizuka
Assistant Director
Shinzô Matsuhashi
Producer
Nao Shimoyama
Production Design
Masunobu Motokawa
Casting Director
Kumiko Ogawa
Costume Designer
Kyôko Toyokawa
Makeup & Hair
Masaya Kitada
Sound Effects
Mitsugu Shiratori
Sound
Tetsuya Shiraishi
VFX Supervisor
Marihiko Hara
Original Music Composer, Theme Song Performance
Toshihiro Sugita
Music Producer
Toshihiko Sakakibara
Music
Takuma Sakai
Decorator
Yuki Nakamura
Gaffer
Yohei Taneda
Art Direction
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