Screening
Kokuho
R: Sang-il LEE · Japan 2025, 174 min., OmeU
Kokuho (OmeU) screens on 6 June 2026 at 12:00 at Nippon Connection in Frankfurt.

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.
Synopsis: TMDb.