Hiroshi Teshigahara

Director

Rentarô Mikuni

Rikyu

Yoshiko Mita

Riki, his wife

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Hideyoshi Toyotomi

Kyôko Kishida

His wife

Tanie Kitabayashi

His mother

Ryô Tamura

Lord Hidenaga, his brother

Koshiro Matsumoto

Lord Oda

Kichiemon Nakamura

Lord Ieyasu

Yasosuke Bando

Mitsanari

Akira Kubo

Geni

Hisashi Igawa

Soji

Hideo Kanze

Rikyu's brother in law

Keishi Arashi

Orike, Rikyu's friend

Masao Imafuku

Ceramist

Donald Richie

Priest