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 provider 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.
