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Death of a Tea Master , also known as Sen no Rikyū: Honkakubo's Student Writings, is a 1989 Japanese biographical drama film directed by Kei Kumai. It is an adaptation of the novel Hongakubō ibun by Yasushi Inoue, 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…
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Death of a Tea Master is based on the novel The Testament of Honkakubo by Yasushi Inoue (1907-91). Death of a Tea Master is a drama film that won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1989. It was a film that divided critics and juries to such an extent that the prize was awarded out of competition. It is a film in the most traditional Japanese style: cold, intellectual, but not without great inner beauty.…More
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