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Kokuho

2025 · Drama · Sang-il Lee · 2h 55m

The son of a Nagasaki yakuza boss is taken in as an apprentice by a great kabuki actor and grows up performing women's roles alongside the master's own son and heir. It runs close to three hours and covers decades.

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