Rikyu watch order

There are 2 Rikyu films, about 2.4 hours in total. The first was released in 1989, the latest in 1992. Watching in release order is the safest way to meet the story as audiences did.

Two movies by Hiroshi Teshigahara

1. 1

   Rikyu (1989)

   15 Sep 1989

   Late in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through force of will and courageous fighting, Hideyoshi becomes Japan’s most powerful warlord, unifying the country.

2. 2

   Basara: The Princess Goh (1992)

   11 Apr 1992 · 142 min

   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.

Order and dates from TMDB collection data. Unreleased entries are added once they get a release date.