Summary
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.
Details
Release Date: September 15, 1989
Runtime: 135 minutes
Genres: Drama
Original Language: JA
Rating: ⭐ 7.5/10 (30 votes)
Rikyu

Rikyu
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.

Basara: The Princess Goh
Furuta Oribe is ordered to become tea master under Toyotomi Hideyoshi after his teacher Sen no Rikyū, the former tea master, was ordered to commit suicide. Princess Goh, daughter of the lord but adopted by Hideyoshi, is outraged when Rikyū's severed head is thrown in the Nijo River. She sends Usu, Oribe's servant, to retrieve the head and deliver it to Rikyū's adopted daughter.
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Cast

Rentaro Mikuni
Rikyu

Yoshiko Mita
Riki's Wife

Tsutomu Yamazaki
Hideyoshi Toyotomi

Kyôko Kishida
Wife

Tanie Kitabayashi
Mother

Ryo Tamura
Lord Hidenaga

Matsumoto Hakuō II
Lord Oda

Kichiemon Nakamura II
Lord Ieyasu

Bandō Mitsugorō X
Mitsanari

Akira Kubo
Geni

Hisashi Igawa
Soji

Ichirō Zaitsu
Abbott Kokei

Hideo Kanze
Rikyu's Brother-in-Law

Masao Imafuku
Ceramist

Sayoko Yamaguchi
Chieha

Kyōko Enami








