Death of a Tea Master
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| Directed by | Kei Kumai |
| Music by | Teizo Matsumura |
| Cinematography | Masao Tochizawa |
| Edited by | Osamu Inoue |
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| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Death of a Tea Master (Japanese: 千利休 本覺坊遺文, Sen no Rikyu: Honkakubô ibun also known as Sen no Rikyū: Honkakubo's Student Writings) is a 1989 Japanese biographical drama film directed by Kei Kumai. It is based on real life events of Sen no Rikyū, particularly the events surrounding his ritual suicide. It was entered into the main competition at the 43rd Venice International Film Festival, in which it won the Silver Lion.[1]
Cast
- Eiji Okuda as Honkakubo
- Toshiro Mifune as Sen no Rikyū
- Kinnosuke Yorozuya as Oda Urakusai
- Go Kato as Furuta Oribe
- Shinsuke Ashida as Toyotomi Hideyoshi