Basara: The Princess Goh

1992 2h 22m JA

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7.0

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★7.0TMDB · 14

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Synopsis

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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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 Suma
Gamo

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara
Writers: Genpei Akasegawa, Hiroshi Teshigahara
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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34 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 8

CRAFT

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Part of the "Rikyu" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara, shot by Fujio Morita. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Tōru Takemitsu. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Toshio Taniguchi shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Rie Miyazawa and Tatsuya Nakadai and Toshiya Nagasawa carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0104351 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Hiroshi Teshigahara directs. Fujio Morita behind the camera. Tōru Takemitsu scores. Toshio Taniguchi cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

134 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "Rikyu" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara, shot by Fujio Morita. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Tōru Takemitsu. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Toshio Taniguchi shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Rie Miyazawa and Tatsuya Nakadai and Toshiya Nagasawa carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0104351 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 14 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.