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Kokuho

classified 15
Film

Director
Sang-il Lee
Cast
Ryô Yoshizawa, Ryûsei Yokohama, Mitsuki Takahata
Details
175 mins, Subtitled, 2025, Japan
Primary language
Japanese
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Crowned as the highest-grossing live-action film of all time in Japan, Kokuho is about ambition, loyalty, and the making of a Kabuki legend. 

Set in 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.

  • Kokuho on Tue 12 May is part of our Cinébites deal: get 30% off any main dish in the Café & Bar with a valid ticket for Club Shed members.

Kokuho

2h 55m — Choose a screening

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Cinébites meal deal

Fri 8 May

(ends 23:10)

Sat 9 May

(ends 23:00)

Sun 10 May

(ends 16:50)

Mon 11 May

(ends 23:10)

Tue 12 May

(ends 23:20)Bite

Wed 13 May

(ends 17:20)

Thu 14 May

(ends 23:10)

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Pricing

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Saver Mondays
£6.00 (plus 12% booking fee*) for Club Shed members, 24 and under audiences, and concession ticket holders

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£9.50 full (plus 12% booking fee*) / £7.00 concessions (plus 12% booking fee*).

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Aged 24 or under and refugees and asylum seekers
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Access

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Our cinema seats are 46cm wide, with wooden armrests on either side of each seat that can’t be moved.

We can provide seats without armrests or bean bags as alternatives at the front of the cinema if that is more comfortable for you. Please just call our Box Office on (0117) 927 5100 or book in-person to arrange.

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Further info

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