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Rikyu

1989 · 135 min

A hushed, contemplative chamber drama where quiet ritual and courtly restraint slowly tighten into fatal pressure.

Overview
Late in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through force of will and courageous fighting, Hideyoshi becomes Japan’s most powerful warlord, unifying the country.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • power
  • politics
  • morality
  • death
Places
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Hiroshi Teshigahara
Written by
Genpei Akasegawa, Hiroshi Teshigahara
Starring
Rentaro Mikuni, Yoshiko Mita, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kyôko Kishida, Tanie Kitabayashi, Ryo Tamura, Matsumoto Hakuō II, Kichiemon Nakamura II
Music
Tōru Takemitsu
Cinematography
Fujio Morita
Runtime
135 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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