Rikyu Hiroshi Teshigahara [videorecording]=

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Hiroshi Teshigahara

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TextLanguage: Japanese Summary language: English Original language: Japanese Subtitle language: English Publication details: Japan C. Ito and Company Ltd. Shôchiku Eiga Teshigahara Productions 1989Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 116 min.) sound, color. 4 3/4 inLOC classification:

PN1997 .R559 1989

Summary: From Case Cover: Sen-no Rikyu (RENTARO MIKUNI), a Buddhist priest, brought the art of the tea ceremony (often said to embody the essence of Japanese culture) to perfection four centuries ago. 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 (TSUTOMU YAMAZAKI). Rikyu's reltionship with Hideyoshi is a story tht has taken on epic proportions in Japanese cultural histoy. The film illustrates the classic struggle between art and politics, and between the impulse to create and the impulse to destroy. Like England's Thomas Becket and Sir Thomas More, Rikyu was a spiritual mentor whose integrity eventually offended his powerful master, who demanded his death. Rikyu plays like a Japanese version of "Beckett" or "A Man for All Seasons."

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
DVD - Video	SILC Learning Support Services DH132-DVD-D: DVD Cabinet D	PN1997 .R559 1989	Available	Japanese audio with English subtitles.		002500

Based on the novel "Sen no Rikyu" by Yaeko Nogami.

From Case Cover:
Sen-no Rikyu (RENTARO MIKUNI), a Buddhist priest, brought the art of the tea ceremony (often said to embody the essence of Japanese culture) to perfection four centuries ago. 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 (TSUTOMU YAMAZAKI). Rikyu's reltionship with Hideyoshi is a story tht has taken on epic proportions in Japanese cultural histoy. The film illustrates the classic struggle between art and politics, and between the impulse to create and the impulse to destroy.

Like England's Thomas Becket and Sir Thomas More, Rikyu was a spiritual mentor whose integrity eventually offended his powerful master, who demanded his death.

Rikyu plays like a Japanese version of "Beckett" or "A Man for All Seasons."

DVD video; Dolby Digital 2.0; stereo; NTSC; Regions 0; 4:3 fullscreen.

Japanese audio with English subtitles.

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