KOKUHO | Toronto Japanese Film Festival

The highest grossing live-action film in Japanese cinema history won 11 Japanese Academy Awards including Best Film, Director, Actor and Screenplay.A sweeping historical drama from, based on Shuichi Yoshidas best-selling novel, follows Kikuo Tachibana. He is the son of a yakuza boss who, after his father is murdered, is taken as in an apprentice by celebrated kabuki actor Hanai Hanjiro. There he trains together with Hanjiros son Shunsuke and a close bond, as well as an intense rivalry, blossom b