| Death of a Tea Master | |
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| Directed by | Kei Kumai |
| Screenplay by | Yoshikata Yoda |
| Cinematography | Masao Tochizawa |
| Edited by | Osamu Inoue |
| Music by | Teizo Matsumura |
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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 during the late Muromachi period, particularly the events surrounding his ritual suicide. It was entered into the main competition at the 46th Venice International Film Festival, in which it won the Silver Lion.
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
References
- "映画監督の熊井啓氏が死去". Fuji Sankei Shinbun. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.
- "デジタル大辞泉プラス「千利休 本覺坊遺文」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
External links
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- 1989 films
- Japanese biographical drama films
- 1980s biographical drama films
- Films directed by Kei Kumai
- Films set in Kyoto
- Cultural depictions of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- Cultural depictions of Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Cultural depictions of Oda Nobunaga
- 1989 crime drama films
- 1980s Japanese films
- 1980s Japanese-language films
- 1980s drama film stubs
- 1989 in Japanese cinema
- Films scored by Teizo Matsumura
- Films based on Japanese novels