Rikyu
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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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Part of Rikyu
2 films
Cast
34 people
Rentaro Mikuni
Rikyu
Known for
Kwaidan
The Burmese Harp
Yoshiko Mita
Riki's Wife
Also in
Nagi's Long Vacation
Samaritan Zatoichi
Hiroshi Teshigahara
Also in
Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden
Yurakucho 0 Street
Toru Takemitsu
Genpei Akasegawa
Also in
Off-Season Flowering
Tsutomu Kamimura
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Hideyoshi Toyotomi
Known for
Tampopo
Kagemusha
Fujio Morita
Yaeko Nogami
Yoshisuke Mae
Kyôko Kishida
Wife
Known for
Woman in the Dunes
The Face of Another
Toshio Taniguchi
Hiroshi Teshigahara Director · Genpei Akasegawa Writer Yaeko Nogami Author
United States release January 18, 1991 · Produced in Japan · Production Hakuhodo
Production
Teshigahara Productions
Production
Hakuhodo
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
利休
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Canada · September 4, 1989
Montréal World Film Festival
Japan · September 15, 1989
Theatrical
United States · January 18, 1991
Singapore
June 26, 2013 · Japanese Film Festival Singapore
Sweden
October 25, 1991
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