Kokuho (2025)7.6 /10

Storyline:  In Nagasaki, 1964, the death of a yakuza leader sets his orphaned son Kikuo on a fateful course. Adopted by a famous Kabuki actor, Kikuo finds both a kindred spirit and intense rival in the actor’s other son, Shunsuke, as both children dedicate themselves to mastering this traditional form of theatre. Over the course of five decades, Kikuo (played in adulthood by Ryu Yoshizawa, who spent a year studying Kabuki for the role) and Shunsuke (Ryusei Yokohama) ascend to Japan’s grandest stages while perfecting the craft of onnagata (men playing women on stage)—but only one of them can be ordained ningen kokuho (“national treasure”).