Flower and Sword (2017)
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.
Director:
Tetsuo Shinohara
Writer:
Yoshiko Morishita
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Mansai Nomura as Senko Ikenobo |
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Ennosuke Ichikawa as Hideyoshi Toyotomi |
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Kiichi Nakai as Nobunaga Oda |
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Kuranosuke Sasaki as Toshiie Maeda |
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Koichi Sato as Sen no Rikyu |
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Katsumi Takahashi as Kichiemon |
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Aoi Morikawa as Ren |
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Takaya Yamauchi as Senbaku |
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Masato Wada as Senbu |
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Eisaku Yoshida as Mitsunari Ishida |
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Keiko Takeshita as Buddhist Nun Jochin |
| Directing | Tetsuo Shinohara | Director |
| Writing | Tadashi Onitsuka | Novel |
| Costume & Make-Up | Noriko Mashiba | Costumer |
| Art | Hideshi Nakagomi | Decorator |
| Visual Effects | Shûji Asano | VFX Supervisor |
| Lighting | Tatsuya Osada | Gaffer |
| Sound | Joe Hisaishi | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Hirohide Abe | Editor |
| Production | Kazuo Kato | Producer |
| Production | Naruhiko Yanagisako | Producer |
| Writing | Yoshiko Morishita | Screenplay |
| Writing | Yasuo Hasegawa | Co-Writer |
| Writing | Kenji Nakanishi | Co-Writer |
| Camera | Tokushō Kikumura | Director of Photography |
| Art | Tomoko Kurata | Production Design |
| Sound | Satoshi Ozaki | Sound Recordist |
