
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.
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