Kokuho vs The French Italian
The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8/10 for Kokuho). The French Italian is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 54m. The French Italian is the older of the two (2024 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Kokuho
The French Italian| Kokuho | The French Italian | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2024 |
| Length | 2h 54m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Sang-il Lee | Rachel Wolther |
| Main cast | Ken Watanabe, Min Tanaka, Takahiro Miura, Masatoshi Nagase, Nana Mori | Jon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son |
Synopsis
Kokuho
Nagasaki, 1964: Following the death of his yakuza father, 15-year-old Kikuo is taken under the wing of a famous kabuki actor. Alongside Shunsuke, the actor’s only son, he decides to dedicate himself to this traditional form of theatre. For decades, the two young men grow and evolve together – and one will become the greatest Japanese master of the art of kabuki.
The French Italian
Doug and Valerie have made a mistake. Their hate-fueled obsession with the jerks downstairs — who always seem to be singing karaoke in a brownstone, who even does that? — recently led them to flee the city for Doug’s parents’ place upstate, giving up a great deal on a rent-stabilized apartment. Their friends are horrified, and regret is setting in. They start plotting their revenge— and before they know it, they’re staging an off-Broadway play…
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