Nakatani Miki promotes the movie "Rikyu ni tazune yo" at the Festival des Films du Monde

Nakatani Miki attended the greeting event for her new movie "Rikyu ni tazune yo" at the 37th Festival des Films du Monde in Montreal, Canada, on 1 September where she appeared in a kimono and greeted the 1,000-strong audience in French. The movie is one of the entries in the World Competition category of the film festival. Nakatani mentioned during her speech that this movie is about a tea master who lived more than 400 years ago. After the screening, the audience rose and gave a standing ovation to which Nakatani expressed her gratitude at the support. Before the screening and greeting event, Nakatani also held a tea ceremony at the oldest church in Montreal i.e. Chapelle Notre-Dame de Bonsecours as part of the promotional efforts.

The movie which features Ichikawa Ebizo, Nakatani, Iseya Yusuke and Omori Nao in its cast, will be shown in Japan from 7 December.

Source: Sanspo