Basara: The Princess Goh (1992)

6.9/10 142 min History Drama

Overview

Furuta Oribe is ordered to become tea master under Toyotomi Hideyoshi after his teacher Sen no Rikyū, the former tea master, was ordered to commit suicide. Princess Goh, daughter of the lord but adopted by Hideyoshi, is outraged when Rikyū's severed head is thrown in the Nijo River. She sends Usu, Oribe's servant, to retrieve the head and deliver it to Rikyū's adopted daughter.

Cast

Rie Miyazawa

Princess Goh

Tatsuya Nakadai

Oribe Furuta

Toshiya Nagasawa

Usu

Matsumoto Hakuō II

Ukon Takayama

Rentaro Mikuni

Junsai

Kyōko Enami

Towa

Hisashi Igawa

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Kei Yamamoto

Hosokawa

Kyoko Maya

Okin

Tetsuya Bessho

Tokue Hanazawa

Yūsuke Kawazu

Akira Nagoya

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