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Kokuho (2025)
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Original name: 国宝
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 174 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
intense, period drama, nostalgic
Plot:
kabuki, japanese culture, rivalry, theater, yakuza, coming of age, ambition, legacy, family drama, post war japan, brotherhood, betrayal, discipline, makeover, identity, male friendship, adoption, ritual, glory, scandal, class conflict, trauma, biopic, lgbt, cross dressing ...
Time:
60s, 80s, year 1980, year 1986, year 1972, year 1982, year 1989 ...
Place:
osaka japan
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period drama, intense, emotional and melancholic films with plots about coming of age, revenge, identity, betrayal, family drama, ambition and legacy mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Kokuho: The Geisha (1983), The Family (1974), Turnt (2020), Fathers (1989), Asur (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 211 min.
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Duration: 142 min.
Story:
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Country: India
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Plot:
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Country: India
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Style:
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Place:
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Story:
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