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A film about the tragic love between Ogin, who is the daughter of a master of the Japanese tea ceremony (Sado) named Sen no Rikyu, and a Christian Samurai lord, Takayama Ukon, that is based on a novel by Kon Toukou. Ogin marries a wealthy merchant despite being in love with Ukon. She is also asked to become a mistress of Shogun Toyotomi Hideyoshi. In order to pursue her love and fight against authority, she must make the ultimate decision. Directed by Kinuyo Tanaka, the film depicts Ogin’s struggle from a female perspective and portrays the beauty of the Momoyama culture (from around 1568 to 1600). Description courtesy of Janus Films. (Dir.: Kinuyo Tanaka, Japan, 1962, 102 min., DCP, Japanese with English subtitles)