Fri, Mar 27
|Honoka'a People's Theatre
Kokuho - Japanʻs Oscar Submission
NR, 2hr54min - A visual knockout that patiently explores the price that artists pay for their craft, Kokuho's astonishing technical virtues are only rivaled by Ryô Yoshizawa and Ryûsei Yokohama's superb performances.
Time & Location
Mar 27, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:50 PM
Honoka'a People's Theatre, 45-3574 Mamane St, Honokaa, HI 96727, USA
About the Event
Trailer here.
KOKUHO - Japan's submission to the Oscars 2026 Best Foreign Film.
In post-war Japan's economic boom, gangster family-born Kikuo Tachibana finds himself adopted by a kabuki actor. Despite life's challenges, he develops into a gifted performer.
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.