Death of a Tea Master (1989)

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Country: Japan
Genres: Drama, History
Release: 1990-06-01
Director: Kei Kumai
Writers: Yasushi Inoue , Yaeko Nogami , Yoshikata Yoda
Language: Japanese
Stars: Eiji Okuda , Toshirō Mifune , Kinnosuke Nakamura , Gō Katō , Shinsuke Ashida , Eijirō Tōno , Taketoshi Naitô , Tsunehiko Kamijô , Tarô Kawano , Teizô Muta
Runtime: 107 min
Awards: 5 wins & 12 nominations
AKA: Der Tod eines Teemeisters , Teemestarin kuolema (Finland) , Śmierć herbacianego mistrza (Poland) , Sen no Rikyû: Honkakubô ibun , Death of a Tea Master (Australia) , Death of a Tea Master (New Zealand) , La mort d'un maître de thé (France, French Republic) , La mort d'un maître de thé (Canada) , Death of a Tea Master , Death of a Tea Master (Canada) , Morte di un maestro del tè (Italy) , 千利休本覺坊遺文 (Japan) , Rikyu, der Teemeister (Germany) , Death of a Tea Master (United States of America) , Sen no Rikyu: Honkakubo's Student Writings , Death of a Tea Master (United Kingdom) , La muerte de un maestro de té (Spain)
Plot: Years after the death of legendary tea master Rikyu, his disciple Honkakubo attempts to resolve the mystery of the master's death. Years before: Sen Rikyu is a ceremonial tea master who advises warlord Hideyoshi in sixteenth-century feudal Japan. His daughter, the beautiful Lady Ogin, has an unrequited love for Lord Ukon, who has angered Hideyoshi by becoming a Christian convert. Ogin's father Rikyu also displeases Hideyoshi by opposing the warlord's plan to invade China and Korea. When the animalistic Hideyoshi is rejected by Ogin, he threatens her and her father with arrest and worse.
IMDB:tt0098287