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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]

Ask This of Rikyu
Poster
Directed by	Mitsutoshi Tanaka
Screenplay by	Eriko Komatsu
Based on	Rikyu ni tazuneyo by Kenichi Yamamoto
Starring	Ichikawa Ebizō XI Miki Nakatani Ichikawa Danjūrō XII Yūsuke Iseya
Cinematography	Takeshi Hamada
Edited by	Kazunobu Fujita
Music by	Taro Iwashiro
Distributed by	Toei
Release date	7 December 2013 (2013-12-07) (Japan)
Running time	123 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	¥664 billion (US$6.36 million)

Cast

• Ichikawa Ebizō XI , as Sen no Rikyū
• Miki Nakatani , as Souon
• Ichikawa Danjūrō XII , as Takeno Jōō
• Yūsuke Iseya , as Oda Nobunaga
• Nao Ōmori , as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
• Clara Lee , as a lady of Goryeo

Reception

The film earned ¥664 billion (US$6.36 million) in the month after being released.[4] The film made its Los Angeles premiere at LA Eigafest 2014.^{[citation needed]}

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