Death of a Tea Master (, 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 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

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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

1989 in Japanese cinema

Death of a Tea Master