Kokuho (15) at South Hill Park
Tue 08 Sept
|South Hill Park Arts Centre
Magnificent. Haunting and incredibly moving... appealing on so many levels. It really is magical and breathtaking – Jason di Rossi, ABC RADIO NATIONAL
Time & Location
08 Sept 2026, 19:00
South Hill Park Arts Centre, Ringmead, Bracknell RG12 7PA, UK
About the Event
THERE WILL BE AN INTERVAL OF 20 MINUTES
Directed by Lee Sang-il | Drama | 174 mins | Japan | 2025 | Japanese with English subtitles
Ryō Yoshizawa, Ryūsei Yokohama, Soya Kurokawa, Keitatsu Koshiyama, Ken Watanabe
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, he decides to dedicate himself to this traditional form of theatre. For decades, the two young men grow and evolve together—from acting school to the grandest stages—amid scandals and glory, brotherhood and betrayals... One of them will become the greatest Japanese master of the art of Kabuki.
It always gives you enough without over-explaining. I felt entirely immersed in a world I had known little about – Deborah Ross, THE SPECTATOR