Film

Rikyu

7.519892h 15mDrama

Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara
Year: 1989

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.

Top 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

Keishi Arashi

Orike

Hisashi Igawa

Soji

Ichirō Zaitsu

Abbott Kokei

Hideo Kanze

Rikyu's Brother-in-Law

Masao Imafuku

Ceramist

Ruis Marques

Stefano

Donald Richie

Priest

Sayoko Yamaguchi

Chieha

Directed by

Hiroshi Teshigahara

Written by

Hiroshi Teshigahara, Genpei Akasegawa

Produced by

Yoshisuke Mae, Hiroshi Morie