Basara: The Princess Goh (1992) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Release, runtime and language

1992 · 142 mins · Japanese

Directed by

Hiroshi Teshigahara

Starring

Tatsuya Nakadai, Hisashi Igawa, Tetsuya Bessho, Kei Yamamoto, Kyōko Enami, Rentaro Mikuni

Furuta Oribe is compelled by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to become the new tea master after his mentor, the legendary Sen no Rikyū, is forced to commit suicide. Outraged by the sight of Rikyū’s severed head cast into the Nijo River, Princess Goh—Hideyoshi’s adopted daughter and heir of a lord—orders Usu, Oribe’s loyal servant, to recover the head and deliver it to Rikyū’s adopted daughter.