Home Movies TV Series Search Sign in

Ask This of Rikyu

7.6 124 mins Drama   History   Romance   2013
Toei Company   Toei Studios Kyoto   Kinoshita Group   Toei Video Company   TV Tokyo   Tokyu Agency   TV Osaka   Creators' Union   Nippan Group Holdings   Yomiuri Shimbun Company   King Records  
Director(s): Mitsutoshi Tanaka

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.

Casts of Ask This of Rikyu

Ichikawa Ebizo XI

as Sen no Rikyu

Miki Nakatani

as Son

Nao Omori

as Hideyoshi Toyotomi

Clara Lee

as Joseon noblewoman

You might also like