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Director  Kei Kumai
Duration  
Music director  Teizo Matsumura
Country  Japan
7.2/10 IMDb

Genre  Drama, History
Running time  1h 47m
Screenplay  Yoshikata Yoda
Language  Japanese
Death of a Tea Master movie poster

Release date  1989 (1989)
Writer  Yasushi Inoue (novel), Yaeko Nogami (novel), Yoshikata Yoda
Cast  Eiji Okuda (Honkakubo), Toshirō Mifune (Rikyu Sen-no), Gô Katô (Oribe Furuta), Kinnosuke Nakamura (Urakusai Oda), Shinsuke Ashida (Hideyoshi Toyotomi), Eijirô Tôno (Kokei)
Similar movies  Yaeko Nogami wrote the story for Death of a Tea Master and Rikyu

Death of a Tea Master (Japanese: 千利休 本覺坊遺文, Sen no Rikyu: Honkakubô ibun also known as Sen no Rikyū: Honkakubo's Student Writings) is a 1989 Japanese biographical drama film directed by Kei Kumai. It is based on real life events of Sen no Rikyū, particularly the events surrounding his ritual suicide. It was entered into the main competition at the 43rd Venice International Film Festival, in which it won the Silver Lion.

Cast

  • Eiji Okuda as Honkakubo
  • Toshiro Mifune as Sen no Rikyū
  • Kinnosuke Yorozuya as Oda Urakusai
  • Go Kato as Furuta Oribe
  • Shinsuke Ashida as Toyotomi Hideyoshi

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