TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hiroshi Teshigahara
AU  - Hiroshi Teshigahara
AU  - Genpei Akasegawa
AU  - Yaeko Nogami
AU  - Rentarô Mikuni
AU  - Yoshiko Mita
AU  - Tsutomu Yamazaki
TI  - Rikyu
AV  - PN1997 .R559 1989
PY  - 1989///
CY  - Japan
PB  - C. Ito and Company Ltd., Shôchiku Eiga, Teshigahara Productions
N1  - Based on the novel "Sen no Rikyu" by Yaeko Nogami
N2  - 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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