Ask This of Rikyu
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{{Infobox film
| name = Ask This of Rikyu
| image = Ask This of Rikyu poster.jpeg
| alt =
| caption = Poster
| director = Mitsutoshi Tanaka
| producer =
| writer =
| screenplay = Eriko Komatsu
| story =
| based_on = {{based on|Rikyu ni tazuneyo|Kenichi Yamamoto}}
| narrator =
| starring = Ichikawa Ebizō XI
Miki Nakatani
Ichikawa Danjūrō XII
Yūsuke Iseya
| music = Taro Iwashiro
| cinematography = Takeshi Hamada
| editing = Kazunobu Fujita
| studio =
| distributor = Toei
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2013|12|7|Japan}}
| runtime = 123 minutes
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
| budget =
| gross = ¥664 billion (US$6.36 million)
}}
{{Nihongo|Ask This of Rikyu|利休にたずねよ|Rikyū ni tazuneyo}} is a 2013 Japanese biographical film directed by Mitsutoshi Tanaka{{cite web |url= http://eiga.com/movie/77761/|script-title=ja:利休にたずねよ|accessdate= 8 January 2014|work= eiga.com|language= Japanese}} 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.[http://www.c-union.co.jp/m_tanaka.html "映画監督 田中光敏プロフィール"],Creators' Union. Retrieved on 19 Mai 2021. {{in lang|ja}}[http://www.125yearsmemory.com "125 Years Memory"],125yearsmemory.com. Retrieved on 19 Mai 2021.
Cast
- Ichikawa Danjūrō XIII as Sen no Rikyū, a legendary Japanese tea master from Sakai, Osaka.
- Miki Nakatani as Souon, Rikyū's wife
- Ichikawa Danjūrō XII as Takeno Jōō, a reputed Japanese tea master, merchant and Rikyū's master.{{Efn|name=fn1|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.}}
- Yūsuke Iseya as Oda Nobunaga, a legendary Japanese daimyō, Rikyū's first employer and Japan's first "Great Unifier"
- Nao Ōmori as Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a legendary Japanese daimyō, Rikyū's second employer/close confidant-turned enemy and Japan's second "Great Unifier"
- Clara Lee as a Gyu-soo{{Efn|name=fn2|Alternatively written as Gyu-su.}} (Korean: 규수),{{cite web|url=https://www.sedaily.com/NewsView/1HKS8522FV|title=클라라 영화 출연, 일본 배우 나카타니 미키와 한 컷|website=서울경제|date=2023-03-30|language=ko}} a noblewoman from Joseon (daughter of a Yangban) who was sold to Japan and falls in love with the male protagonist, Rikyu.{{Efn|name=fn3|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).}}{{cite web|url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/07/22/2013072201781.html|title=클라라, '섹시미가 없다!' 놀라운 청순 인증샷|website=The Chosun Ilbo|date=2023-03-30|language=ko}}{{cite web|url=https://news.kstyle.com/article.ksn?articleNo=1977818|title=クララ出演の日本映画「利休にたずねよ」12月7日に全国で公開|website=Kstyle|date=2023-03-30|language=ja}}
Reception
The film earned ¥664 billion (US$6.36 million) in the month after being released.{{cite web|url= http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/eternal-zero-tops-japans-new-years-bo|title= Eternal Zero tops Japan's New Year's B.O.|author= Kevin Ma|date= 8 January 2014|accessdate= 8 January 2014|work= Film Business Asia|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140109000442/http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/eternal-zero-tops-japans-new-years-bo|archive-date= 2014-01-09|url-status= dead}} The film made its Los Angeles premiere at LA Eigafest 2014.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}
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