Flower and Sword

Flower and Sword

127 mins | Drama, Comedy | June 3, 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.

Flower and Sword

127 mins | Drama, Comedy | June 3, 2017

Flower and Sword
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.
Producers Toei Company, Ltd.
Original title 花戦さ
Directors Tetsuo Shinohara
Writers Tadashi Onitsuka

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

Aoi Morikawa

as Ren

Takaya Yamauchi

as Senbaku

Masato Wada

as Senbu

Eisaku Yoshida

as Mitsunari Ishida

Keiko Takeshita

as Buddhist Nun Jochin