Kokuho, the three-hour Japanese epic about a family of kabuki performers that premiered at Cannes, has surpassed the¥5bn ($34m) mark at the Japanese box office.
The drama, directed by Lee Sang-il, hit the landmark on June 10, according to distributor Toho, and has recorded 3.57 million admissions. Itis Japan’s highest-grossing live-action domestic film of 2025 to date.
Released on June 6, the film has achieved the rare feat of increasing its own takings every weekend since it opened.
The last feature to outperform itself for four consecutive weekends in Japan was 2018’s Bohemian Rhapsody and Kokuho is the first film distributed by...
The drama, directed by Lee Sang-il, hit the landmark on June 10, according to distributor Toho, and has recorded 3.57 million admissions. Itis Japan’s highest-grossing live-action domestic film of 2025 to date.
Released on June 6, the film has achieved the rare feat of increasing its own takings every weekend since it opened.
The last feature to outperform itself for four consecutive weekends in Japan was 2018’s Bohemian Rhapsody and Kokuho is the first film distributed by...
- 7/11/2025
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Paris-based Pyramide International has secured sales rights outside of Asia to Lee Sang-il’s Kokuho, a Japanese drama set to world premiere next month in Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes.
Pyramide will also handle distribution in France while Tokyo-based Aniplex Inc. oversees sales for Asia. A release in Japan is set for June 6 through Toho.
The film centres on Kikuo, the son of a yakuza boss, who is taken under the wing of a renowned kabuki actor following the death of his father. The young man dedicates his life to the art of kabuki – a classical form of Japanese theatre...
Pyramide will also handle distribution in France while Tokyo-based Aniplex Inc. oversees sales for Asia. A release in Japan is set for June 6 through Toho.
The film centres on Kikuo, the son of a yakuza boss, who is taken under the wing of a renowned kabuki actor following the death of his father. The young man dedicates his life to the art of kabuki – a classical form of Japanese theatre...
- 4/30/2025
- ScreenDaily
‘Alice In Borderland’ Director Shinsuke Sato Teams With Sony’s Aniplex Inc To Launch Myriagon Studio
Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) subsidiary Aniplex Inc has acquired Origamix Partners Inc, the management company of Alice In Borderland director Shinsuke Sato, and will relaunch the company under the name Myriagon Studio as of June 1.
Sato, whose credits also include Sony and Toho’s Kingdom film franchise, will use the new studio for his future series works.
Myriagon Studio will build on the existing business activities of Origamix Partners, including talent management and Webtoon business, plus expand into live-action television and film production. Live-action production will focus on developing and producing contents for worldwide audiences, with creators including Sato as the core.
Nobuhiko Ito, CEO of Origamix Partners, will continue to oversee the new studio, with Chieko Murata from Aniplex Inc, and former SVP of Sony Pictures International Productions, heading the Television & Film business and Yushi Ueda heading the Webtoon business.
The new studio also entered...
Sato, whose credits also include Sony and Toho’s Kingdom film franchise, will use the new studio for his future series works.
Myriagon Studio will build on the existing business activities of Origamix Partners, including talent management and Webtoon business, plus expand into live-action television and film production. Live-action production will focus on developing and producing contents for worldwide audiences, with creators including Sato as the core.
Nobuhiko Ito, CEO of Origamix Partners, will continue to oversee the new studio, with Chieko Murata from Aniplex Inc, and former SVP of Sony Pictures International Productions, heading the Television & Film business and Yushi Ueda heading the Webtoon business.
The new studio also entered...
- 5/31/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
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