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Set in a small Nagano village in the 1930s, the film follows Hanji, a young boy captivated by a local kabuki performance. Inspired by Yukio, Hanji learns kabuki with Utako. As they grow, they become skilled actors, performing in a final kabuki before World War II. After the war, Hanji returns to revive kabuki and restore the community’s spirit. In the 1980s, as he nears death, the villagers organise a final performance in his honour, where he performs “Tenryu Koishibuki” for Yukio.Read moreLess
Set in a small Nagano village in the 1930s, the film follows Hanji, a young boy captivated by a local kabuki performance. Inspired by Yukio, Hanji learns kabuki with Utako. As they grow, they become skilled actors, performing in a final kabuki before World War II. After the war, Hanji returns to revive kabuki and restore the community’s spirit. In the 1980s, as he nears death, the villagers organise a final performance in his honour, where he performs “Tenryu Koishibuki” for Yukio.
The story
Set in a small Nagano village in the 1930s, the film follows Hanji, a young boy captivated by a local kabuki performance. Inspired by Yukio, Hanji learns kabuki with Utako. As they grow, they become skilled actors, performing in a final kabuki before World War II. After the war, Hanji returns to revive kabuki and restore the community’s spirit. In the 1980s, as he nears death, the villagers organise a final performance in his honour, where he performs “Tenryu Koishibuki” for Yukio.
Cast & crew
Takatarô KataokaOgura Hanji
Ainosuke KataokaYukio Katsuragi
Kumiko AsoUtako Higashiura
Hidekazu MashimaCast
Asae OonishiCast
Hisashi IgawaCast
Satoshi NikaidoCast
Makoto AkatsukaCast
Kazuyoshi Kushida
Kazuo KitamuraCast
Takao KataokaCastExplore the crew
- Director
- Toshio Goto
- Original Music Composer
- Reijirō Koroku
- Writer
- Ryūnosuke Ono
- Director of Photography
- Hiroshi Iwabuchi