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.
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
Kumi Takiuchi Ayano (adult)
Misa Wada Maid
Nagiko Tsuji Maid
Tateto Serizawa Gen
Yusaku Mori
- Ryo YoshizawaKikuo Tachibana
- Ryusei YokohamaShunsuke Ogaki
- Mitsuki TakahataHarue Fukuda
- Shinobu TerajimaSachiko Ogaki
- Soya KurokawaKikuo (young)
- Keitatsu KoshiyamaShunsuke (young)
- Min TanakaMangiku Onogawa
- Ken WatanabeHanjiro Hanai
- Nana MoriAkiko
- Takahiro MiuraTakeno
- Ai MikamiFujikoma
- Masatoshi NagaseGongoro Tachibana
- Kyūsaku ShimadaUmeki
- Emma MiyazawaMatsu Tachibana
- Kumi TakiuchiAyano (adult)
- Misa WadaMaid
- Nagiko TsujiMaid
- Tateto SerizawaGen
- Yusaku Mori