Love and Faith (1978)
"Ogin-sama" (original title)

Sen Rikyu is a ceremonial tea master who advises warlord Hideyoshi in sixteenth-century feudal Japan. His daughter, the beautiful Lady Ogin, has an unrequited love for Lord Ukon, who has ... See full summary »

Director:

Kei Kumai

Writers:

Tôkô Kon (novel), Yoshikata Yoda

Stars:

Ryoko Nakano, Kichiemon Nakamura, Takashi Shimura

2 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Ryoko Nakano	...	Lady Ogin
Kichiemon Nakamura	...	Ukon Takayama
Takashi Shimura	...	Sen Rikyu
Toshirô Mifune	...	Taiko Hideyoshi
Atsuo Nakamura	...	Soji Yamagami
Daijiro Harada	...	Mozuya
Eiji Okada	...	Ankokuji
Kô Nishimura	...	Sojin Kamiya
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kinnosuke Nakamura

Storyline

Sen Rikyu is a ceremonial tea master who advises warlord Hideyoshi in sixteenth-century feudal Japan. His daughter, the beautiful Lady Ogin, has an unrequited love for Lord Ukon, who has angered Hideyoshi by becoming a Christian convert. Ogin's father Rikyu also displeases Hideyoshi by opposing the warlord's plan to invade China and Korea. When the animalistic Hideyoshi is rejected by Ogin, he threatens her and her father with arrest and worse.

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Plot Keywords:

based on novel

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

24 June 1978 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Love and Faith

Company Credits

Production Co:

Takarazuka Eiga Company Ltd., Toho Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

154 min 150 min (subtitled release)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Version of Hideyoshi (1996)

User Reviews

Interesting Film

The film appears to be fairly accurate historically. Mifune portrays Hideyoshi who was the great war-lord who unified Japan. After accomplishing that he solves the problem of what to do with his great but idle army by attacking Korea. He also hates Christians because they put God above Hideyoshi.

So that sets the scene for great pomp and gore. Very interesting sets and costumes. Hideyoshi was a great follower of the tea ceremony and that is shown as well as his all gold tea room. All in all he was a terrible despot.