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Rikyū
Title
Rikyū [videorecording] / a co-production by Teshigahara Production, Inc. ... [et al.] ; a film by Hiroshi Teshigahara ; screenplay by Genpei Akasegawa, Hiroshi Teshigahara ; producers, Yoshisuke Mae, Hiroshi Morie.
Published
Sherman Oaks, Calif. : SlingShot Entertainment, c2000.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
A Shochiku presentation.
Based on the novel by Yaeko Nogami.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1989.
Photographer, Fujiro Morita ; film editor, Toshio Taniguchi ; music, Toru Takemitsu ; consultants, Ryuji Matsui, Atsushi Okumoto.
In Japanese with English subtitles.
Summary
The story of Sen-no Rikyu, a Buddhist priest, who four centuries ago brought the art of the tea ceremony to perfection. Living in one of the most turbulent moments in Japanese history, Rikyu gained unexpected political influence as the confidant and cultural mentor to the powerful warlord, Hideyoshi Toyotomi. The film illustrates the classic struggle between art and politics and between the impulse to create and the impulse to destroy.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Japanese
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Credits
Photographer, Fujiro Morita ; film editor, Toshio Taniguchi ; music, Toru Takemitsu ; consultants, Ryuji Matsui, Atsushi Okumoto.
Performers
Cast: Rentaro Mikuni, Tsutomu Yamazaki.
System details note
DVD format.
Subjects
Also listed under
Teshigahara Purodakushon.
Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha.
SlingShot Entertainment (Firm)
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