Beauty

Beauty — Plot

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.

• Release date
• May 10, 2008
• Runtime
• 109 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Toshio Goto

Beauty — Cast

Takatarô Kataoka Ogura Hanji Ainosuke Kataoka Yukio Katsuragi Kumiko Aso Utako Higashiura

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Noritoshi Kashima Masao Kinoshita Hidekazu Mashima Asae Oonishi Hisashi Igawa Satoshi Nikaido