Heaven and Earth (1990 film)

Ten to Chi to

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Directed by Haruki Kadokawa
Produced by Yutaka Okada
Written by Haruki Kadokawa
Toshio Kamata
Chogoro Keynji
Isao Yoshiwara
Starring Takaaki Enoki
Masahiko Tsugawa
Atsuko Asano
Naomi Zaizen
Music by Daisuke Hinata
Tetsuya Komuro
Release date(s) 1990
Running time 104 min.
Country Japan
Language English
Japanese

Heaven and Earth (天と地と, Ten to chi to) is a 1990 film directed by Haruki Kadokawa starring Enoki Takaaki, Tsugawa Masahiko, Asano Atsuko, Zaizen Naomi and Nomura Hironobu.

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Plot summary

Set in feudal Japan, the daimyo Kagetora (Enoki) must protect his lands and his people from the ambitions of the warlord Takeda (Tsugawa).

Kagetora is also known as Uesugi Kenshin. In the film, Kagetora must defend his province of Echigo against Takeda Shingen. The famous battles include the Battle of Kawanakajima.

Reception

Heaven and Earth was the number one Japanese film on the domestic market in 1990, earning ¥5.05 billion in distribution income.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Kako haikyū shūnyū jōi sakuhin 1990-nen" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. http://www.eiren.org/toukei/1990.html. Retrieved 5 February 2011. 

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