Akira Kubo, Keishi Arashi, Kichiemon Nakamura

Rentaro Mikuni won five Best Actor awards for his role as Rikyu, an old Buddhist priest who teaches the art of the Japanese tea ceremony to a Shogun in the 16th century. Rikyu finds the ceremony both ...( read more  read more... )spiritual and centering, while Lord Toyotomi enjoys its prestige and power. But the men's differences become a problem when Toyotomi unifies Japan, becomes its ruler and desires to conquer Korea and China -- an idea Rikyu vehemently opposes.

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Unrated, 116 min.

Directed by: Hiroshi Teshigahara

Release Date: January 18, 1991

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DVD Release Date: June 20, 2000

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  • March 26, 2009
    great movie about a great man
  • March 18, 2008
    I didn't like this film.
  • January 21, 2007
    wanna see it i cant wAIT LOL !!!

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