Ask This of Rikyu

Ask This of Rikyu
Poster
Directed byMitsutoshi Tanaka
Screenplay byEriko Komatsu
Based onRikyu ni tazuneyo
by Kenichi Yamamoto
StarringIchikawa Ebizō XI
Miki Nakatani
Ichikawa Danjūrō XII
Yūsuke Iseya
CinematographyTakeshi Hamada
Edited byKazunobu Fujita
Music byTaro Iwashiro
Distributed byToei
Release date
  • 7 December 2013 (2013-12-07) (Japan)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office¥664 billion (US$6.36 million)

Ask This of Rikyu (利休にたずねよ, Rikyū ni tazuneyo) is a 2013 Japanese biographical film directed by Mitsutoshi Tanaka[1] and based on a novel by Kenichi Yamamoto. This film won the Best Artistic Contribution Award at the 37th Montréal World Film Festival, the Best Director Award at the 2014 Osaka Cinema Festival, the 30th Fumiko Yamaji Cultural Award, and the 37th Japan Academy Film Prize in nine categories, including Best Art Direction, Excellent Film and Excellent Leading Actor.[2][3]

  1. ^ 利休にたずねよ. eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  2. ^ "映画監督 田中光敏プロフィール",Creators' Union. Retrieved on 19 Mai 2021. (in Japanese)
  3. ^ "125 Years Memory",125yearsmemory.com. Retrieved on 19 Mai 2021.