Death of a Tea Master

Oct 7, 1989

1h 47m

★ 5.4

Overview

Years after the death of legendary tea master Rikyu, his disciple Honkakubo attempts to resolve the mystery of the master's death.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Seiyu

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Cast

Honkakubo

Eiji Okuda

Rikyu Sen-no

Toshirō Mifune

Oribe Furuta

Gō Katō

Urakusai Oda

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Hideyoshi Toyotomi

Shinsuke Ashida

Kokei

Eijirō Tōno

Toyobo

Taketoshi Naitō

Soji Yamagami

Tsunehiko Kamijô

Sotan Sen-no

Taro Kawano

Daitokuya

Teizō Muta

Ichiro Shinjitsu

Masahiko Arima

Sen no Rikyu (Ebizo Ichikawa) is the son of a fish shop owner. Sen no Rikyu then studies tea and eventually becomes one of the primary influences upon the Japanese tea ceremony. With his elegant esthetics, Sen no Rikyu is favored by the most powerful man in Japan Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Nao Omori) and becomes one of his closest advisors. Due to conflicts, Toyotomi Hideyoshi then orders Sen no Rikyu to commit seppuku (suicide). Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of Kenichi Yamamoto's award-winning novel of the same name received the Best Artistic Contribution Award at the 37th Montréal World Film Festival, the Best Director Award at the 2014 Osaka Cinema Festival, the 30th Fumiko Yamaji Cultural Award and the 37th Japan Academy Film Prize in nine categories, including Best Art Direction, Excellent Film and Excellent Actor.

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