Wednesday, September 04, 2013

"Rikyu ni tazune yo" wins the Best Artistic Contribution award at the 37th Festival des Films du Monde - Montreal

The movie "Rikyu ni tazune yo" starring Ichikawa Ebizo, Nakatani Miki, Oomori Nao and Iseya Yusuke won the Best Artistic Contribution award at the 37th Festival des Films du Monde on 2 September. The movie which was based on Yamamoto Kenichi's Naoki Award-winning novel, featured Ichikawa as Sen no Rikyu who tries to develop his own way in conducting tea ceremonies while struggling with the memories of a tragic love when he was younger. Nakatani plays Rikyu's wife while Oomori plays Toyotomi Hidetoshi in the movie. Ichikawa's father, Ichikawa Danjuro who passed away in February this year, had also appeared in the movie as Rikyu's teacher. The movie will be shown nationwide from 7 December.

Source: Sanspo

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