Beauty

Beauty (2008)

Drama

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.

Director: Toshio Goto

Casts

	Takatarô Kataoka as Ogura Hanji
	Ainosuke Kataoka as Yukio Katsuragi
	Kumiko Aso as Utako Higashiura
	Noritoshi Kashima as Masao Kinoshita
	Hidekazu Mashima as
	Asae Oonishi as
	Hisashi Igawa as
	Satoshi Nikaido as
	Makoto Akatsuka as
	Kazuyoshi Kushida as
	Kazuo Kitamura as
	Takao Kataoka as

Crew