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Ask This of Rikyu

2013 Japanese film


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]

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Cast

Reception

The film earned ¥664 billion (US$6.36 million) in the month after being released.[7] The film made its Los Angeles premiere at LA Eigafest 2014.[citation needed]

Notes

  1. Takeno Jōō's actor, Ichikawa Danjūrō XII is the late real-life father of Rikyū's actor, Ichikawa Ebizō XI, who is currently known as Ichikawa Danjūrō XIII.
  2. Alternatively written as Gyu-su.
  3. Although in the novel it is said that she was from Goryeo, both the movie and the news sites (both from Japan and South Korea) reveal that she is actually a noblewoman from Joseon, daughter of a high-ranking aristocrat (or Yangban, the highest caste in the Joseon caste system) who was sold to Japan after a political conflict (this is especially important if we take into account that the main character of both the movie and the novel, Sen no Rikyū, was born years after the fall of Goryeo).

References

  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.
  4. Kevin Ma (8 January 2014). "Eternal Zero tops Japan's New Year's B.O." Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.



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