Hiroshi Teshigahara

Director

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Hideyoshi Toyotomi

Tanie Kitabayashi

His mother

Akira Kubo

Geni

Hisashi Igawa

Soji

Yoshiko Mita

Riki, his wife

Keishi Arashi

Orike, Rikyu's friend

Kumi Soyama

Miwa

Ryô Tamura

Lord Hidenaga, his brother

Kôshirô Matsumoto

Lord Oda

Kichiemon Nakamura

Lord Ieyasu

Hideo Kanze

Rikyu's brother in law

Masao Imafuku

Ceramist

Rui Marques

Stefano

Rentarô Mikuni

Rikyu

Kyôko Kishida

His wife

Yasosuke Bando

Mitsanari

Ichirô Zaitsu

Abbott Kokei

Donald Richie

Priest

Yaeko Nogami

Writer