Death of a Tea Master
Film poster
Directed by	Kei Kumai
Screenplay by	Yoshikata Yoda
Based on	Hongakubō ibun by Yasushi Inoue [1]
Starring	Eiji Okuda Toshiro Mifune Yorozuya Kinnosuke
Cinematography	Masao Tochizawa
Edited by	Osamu Inoue
Music by	Teizo Matsumura
Production company	Seiyu
Distributed by	Toho
Release dates	October 7, 1989 (1989-10-07) (Japan) May 1, 1990 (1990-05-01) (United States)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Death of a Tea Master (Japanese: 千利休 本覺坊遺文, Hepburn: Sen no Rikyu: Honkakubô ibun), also known as Sen no Rikyū: Honkakubo's Student Writings, is a 1989 Japanese biographical drama film directed by Kei Kumai.^[2] It is an adaptation of the novel Hongakubō ibun by Yasushi Inoue,^[1] which is based on real life events of Sen no Rikyū during the late Muromachi period, particularly the events surrounding his ritual suicide. It was entered into the main competition at the 46th Venice International Film Festival, in which it won the Silver Lion.^[3][1] Toho released the film on October 7, 1989, in Japan.

Cast

• Eiji Okuda as Honkakubo
• Toshiro Mifune as Sen no Rikyū
• Yorozuya Kinnosuke as Oda Urakusai
• Gō Katō as Furuta Oribe
• Shinsuke Ashida as Toyotomi Hideyoshi

References

External links

• Death of a Tea Master at IMDb

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