Kukho is one of the best films of 2025. It is an overpowering work of cinematic story telling the likes of which we haven’t seen in decades. I mean that very seriously since the film echoes back to the grand cinematic epics that that Hollywood turned out in the 50’s 60’s and 70’s.
Based on a novel the film is about a young man who is the son of a yakuza boss. The young man has a love for Kabuki theater. When his father is killed, in one of the greatest sequences you will see all year, he decides to pursue his passion and become a kabuki actor.
I honestly have no notes; this is as perfect a film as I have seen all year. A technically perfect film it uses every trick to move us emotionally and we never see it coming. I have not seen a film do this as grandly in years.
I don’t know what to say
I will say that you shouldn’t worry about if you don’t know Kabuki because the film makes every effort to clue us into what the plays are about.
This is stunning film making and an absolute must see
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