After the acquisition of the US rights in TIFF in the beginning of this year, GKIDs will release the Kokuho hit drama in a limited race in Los Angeles and New York in November of this year with a national release.
The film about adulthood-in the main roles of Rio Joshizawa and Ken Vatanabe and director Sang-Il will play for one week in Universal Citywalk AMC in a universal city, California. Starting from November 14, after which it will take a week later in the Angelica movie center in New York on November 21.
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Located in Nagasaki in 1964, Kokuho follows Kikuo, the 14-year-old son of the murdered leader of Yakuza, who was taken under the wing of the master of Kabuki. Over the next two decades, he devotes himself to the ancient theatrical form of art, along with his son, his mentor, Shunsuke.
Ryusei Yokohama, Mitsuki Takahashi and Shinobu Terajima are also removed in Japanese drama.
The premiere in Cannes in the “Two” section “Kokuho” raised $ 104 million at the Japanese box office. This is the second place in the 2003 film “Bayside Shakedown 2” among Japanese living militants.
GKIDS was purchased last year, TOHO, and Kokuho notes the first release of the distributor live, which historically released anime films-with the most box office “The Boy and the Heron” in the USA, and in the USA-46.8 million dollars in the United States.
GKIDS released a poster for Kokuho on Instagram among the news about the release of the United States, where they called the film “History of Glory and Broken Heart.”
The company added: “The official selection of Japan for the best international function and the second largest cash Japanese film for all the time, the screens of Kokuho in November only in November in only one week in New York and La.”
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