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Ask This of Rikyu (2013)

ALL 09/01/2013 (ja) Drama, History, Romance 124 Min
  • Release
    09/01/2013
  • Production
    Toei Company, Toei Studios Kyoto, Kinoshita Group, Toei Video Company, TV Tokyo, Tokyu Agency, TV Osaka, Creators' Union, Nippan Group Holdings, PHP Institute, Yomiuri Shimbun Company, King Records
  • Rotten tomato
    73.64%
  • Original title
    利休にたずねよ
  • Original language
    ja
  • Production Cost
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Overview

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.

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Oji Morita

    Producer



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Ask This of Rikyu (2013) 124 Min

ALL 09/01/2013 (ja)
Drama, History, Romance
  • Release 09/01/2013
  • Production
    Toei Company, Toei Studios Kyoto, Kinoshita Group, Toei Video Company, TV Tokyo, Tokyu Agency, TV Osaka, Creators' Union, Nippan Group Holdings, PHP Institute, Yomiuri Shimbun Company, King Records
  • Original title 利休にたずねよ
  • ja
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. Mitsutoshi Tanaka

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Oji Morita

    Producer



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