Death of a Tea Master

1989 Japanese film

1989 (1989)

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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.^[1] 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.^[2]^[3]

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

Death of a Tea Master at IMDb

Silver Lion-winning films

1953–1957

Little Fugitive / Moulin Rouge / Sadko / Thérèse Raquin / Ugetsu / I Vitelloni (1953)
On the Waterfront / Sansho the Bailiff / Seven Samurai / La Strada (1954)
Le Amiche / The Big Knife / Ciske the Rat / The Grasshopper (1955)
Le Notti Bianche (1957)