Comedy ·Drama · Japan · 2017 · 2h 7m

Flower and Sword

花戦さ

Director

Cast

Mansai Nomura as Senko Ikenobo Ennosuke Ichikawa as Hideyoshi Toyotomi Kiichi Nakai as Nobunaga Oda Kuranosuke Sasaki as Toshiie Maeda Koichi Sato as Sen no Rikyu Katsumi Takahashi as Kichiemon

Crew

Tokushō Kikumura — Director of Photography Hirohide Abe — Editor Joe Hisaishi — Original Music Composer Yoshiko Morishita — Screenplay Tadashi Onitsuka — Novel Kazuo Kato — Producer

Synopsis

In the late 16th century, after the death of Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi takes power. The age of war is about to end, but Hideyoshi Toyotomi's rule makes life difficult for the people. Monk Senko Ikenobo is a master of flower arrangement. He prays for peace in the world and tries to give hope to the people with flower arrangement. He becomes good friends with Rikyu. Rikyu is a monk and a politician. He has the most profound influence on chanoyu. Rikyu is forced to commit hara-kiri by Hideyoshi Toyotomi’s order. Monk Senko Ikenobo challenges Hideyoshi Toyotomi.

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