Japanese film “Kokuho” had earned ?20.01 billion ($130.8 million) at the box office in Japan as of Sunday, film distributor Toho said Monday.
Released in June last year, the film continued to extend its own all-time record for Japanese live-action movies, which it set last November.
According to movie information outlet Kogyo Tsushinsha, “Kokuho” now ranks 10th among all-time box office hits in Japan, including Western films and anime, overtaking Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki’s 2004 anime film “Howl’s Moving Castle,” which earned ?19.6 billion.
Directed by Lee Sang-il, “Kokuho,” which means “national treasure” in Japanese, is a film adaptation of Shuichi Yoshida’s novel of the same name, which depicts the turbulent life of a kabuki actor devoted to his art.
The film has received an Academy Awards nomination in the makeup and hairstyling category. The award ceremony will be held in March.
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