Film · Drama, Romance, History
Ask This of Rikyu (2013)
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.
- Director
- Mitsutoshi Tanaka
- Writers
- Kenichi Yamamoto, Eriko Komatsu
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Release date
- September 1, 2013
- Original title
- 利休にたずねよ
Cast
Ichikawa Ebizo XISen no Rikyu
Miki NakataniSon
Nao OmoriHideyoshi Toyotomi
Clara LeeJoseon noblewoman
Yusuke Iseya- Ichikawa Danjūrō XII
Riko Narumi
Seiji Fukushi
Naoki Kawano
Yoshihiko Hakamada
Tomoka Kurotani
Rei Dan
Naoko Ohtani
Akira Emoto
Masatô Ibu
Katsuo Nakamura
