Rikyu (1989)
2h 15m
Running Time
September 15, 1989Release Date
Plot.
Late in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through force of will and courageous fighting, Hideyoshi becomes Japan’s most powerful warlord, unifying the country.
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Cast & Crew.
Rentaro Mikuni
Rikyu
Yoshiko Mita
Riki, his wife
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Hideyoshi Toyotomi
Kyōko Kishida
His wife
Tanie Kitabayashi
His mother
Ryo Tamura
Lord Hidenaga, his brother
Matsumoto Hakuō II
Lord Oda
Kichiemon Nakamura II
Lord Ieyasu
Bandō Mitsugorō X
Mitsanari
Keishi Arashi
Orike
Akira Kubo
Geni Maeda
Hisashi Igawa
Soji
Hiroshi Teshigahara
Director
Ichirō Zaitsu
Abbott Kokei
Genpei Akasegawa
Writer
Genpei Akasegawa
Writer
Yaeko Nogami
Writer
Hideo Kanze
Rikyu's Brother-in-Law
Masao Imafuku
Ceramist
Ruis Marques
Stefano
Yoshisuke Mae
Producer
Donald Richie
Priest
Sayoko Yamaguchi
Chieha
Toru Takemitsu
Composer
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Rikyu (利休, Rikyū, 1989) is Hiroshi Teshigahara's film about the 16th century master of the Japanese tea ceremony, Sen no Rikyū. The film was adapted from the novel of Yaeko Nogami.
