Beauty

Beauty (2008)

N/A 109 min Movie
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.

View on IMDb

Watch

Loading sources…

If a source does not load, open the ⚙ menu and pick another one.

Cast

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

More like this

Two Portraits of MIYAGINO 7.8
Two Portraits of MIYAGINO 2010
Chūshingura Urabanashi: Nakazō Kyōran N/A
Chūshingura Urabanashi: Nakazō Kyōran 2000
Sayonara 6.7
Sayonara 1957
A Story of Floating Weeds 7.2
A Story of Floating Weeds 1934
An Actor's Revenge 5.6
An Actor's Revenge 1935
Kabuki Akadō Suzunosuke 10.0
Kabuki Akadō Suzunosuke 2022
An Actor's Revenge 6.6
An Actor's Revenge 1963
Shin Yotsuya Ghost Story N/A
Shin Yotsuya Ghost Story 1932