Tenchijin

Tenchijin
Format	History Action drama
Written by	Eriko Komatsu
Starring	Satoshi Tsumabuki
Theme music composer	Kazuhiro Koizumi
Opening theme	NHK Symphony Orchestra
Composer(s)	Michiru Oshima
Country of origin	Japan
Original language(s)	Japanese
No. of episodes	47
Production
Executive producer(s)	Shinsuke Naito
Running time	45 x 45 minutes 2 x 75 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	NHK
Picture format	NTSC 14:9 (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Original run	January 4, 2009 – November 22, 2009

Tenchijin (天地人) is the 48th NHK Taiga drama. It airs on NHK from January 4, 2009 every Sunday from 20:00 to 20:44 JST to November 22, 2009 spanning 47 episodes.^[1] The story centers on the life of the 16th century samurai Naoe Kanetsugu.

Production began on April 27, 2007. The story is based on the novel Tenchijin by Masashi Hisaka and was adapted for screen by scriptwriter Eriko Komatsu.^[2] The series' music composer was Michiru Oshima.

The protagonist of the drama, Naoe Kanetsugu, was taught by Uesugi Kenshin in his youth that to conquer the world is a trifling matter, but what matters is to live one's life with righteousness. After Uesugi's death, Naoe supports Uesugi Kagekatsu, who holds the destiny of Echigo province.

Staff

• Original : Masashi Hisaka
• Music : Michiru Oshima
• Script : Eriko Komatsu, Kazue Matsushita
• Historical research : Tetsuo Owada
• Architectural research : Sei Hirai
• Clothing research : Kiyoko Koizumi
• Titling : Sōun Takeda
• Production coordinator : Shinsuke Naitō
• Casting : Yōichirō Takahashi
• Narrator : Nobuko Miyamoto

Cast

Starring role

• Satoshi Tsumabuki as Naoe Kanetsugu - born as Yoroku, then renamed as Higuchi Kanetsugu
• Seishiro Kato as Higuchi Yoroku (childhood Kanetsugu)

Naoe house

• Takako Tokiwa as Osen
• Michiko Kichise as Oyū - Osen's elder sister
• Joe Shishido as Naoe Kagetsuna
• Shinji Yamashita as Naoe Nobutsuna - Osen's first husband
• Hisako Manda as Oman - Osen's mother
• Seishiro Kato as Naoe Kanematsu (childhood Naoe Kaneaki - Kanetsugu's son - double role)

Higuchi house

• Masanobu Takashima as Higuchi Sōemon - Kanetsugu's father
• Misako Tanaka as Ofuji - Kanetsugu's mother.
• Kotaro Koizumi as Ōkuni Saneyori - Kanetsugu's younger brother
  • Homare Mabuchi as Higuchi Yoshichi (childhood Saneyori)
• Miro Ebato as Kita - Kanetsugu's sister

Uesugi clan

• Kazuki Kitamura as Uesugi Kagekatsu
• Tetsuji Tamayama as Uesugi Kagetora
• Hiroshi Abe as Uesugi Kenshin - foster father of Kagekatsu and Kagetora
• Saki Aibu as Hanahime
• Manami Higa as Kikuhime
• Reiko Takashima as Sentōin

Uesugi retainers and their family members

• Mikihisa Azuma as Izumisawa Hisahide
• Sei Hiraizumi as Kuribayashi Masayori
• Masayuki Suzuki as Fukazawa Toshishige
• Shingo Katsurayama as Abe Masayoshi
• Papaya Suzuki as Noborisaka Tōemon
• Satoru Matsuo as Sakurai Haruyoshi
• Minoru Matsumoto as Fukazawa Yashichirō
• Yasuhiro Arai as Kitajō Takahiro
• Kei Yamamoto as Yoshie Munenobu
• Nobuaki Kakuda as Kakizaki Haruie
• Takejō Aki as Kayo
• Shunsuke Sugiyama as Nishiyama Kanzaemon
• Takeshi Katō as Hokkō Zenshuku, a Zen priest, master of young Yoroku (Kanetsugu) and Kiheiji (Kagekatsu)

Sengoku commanders and their family members

• Kōji Kikkawa as Oda Nobunaga
• Takashi Sasano as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
• Shun Oguri as Ishida Mitsunari
• Sumiko Fuji as Nene
• Kyōko Fukada as Yodo
• Hidekazu Mashima as Toyotomi Hidenaga
• Yū Shirota as Sanada Yukimura
• Yūsuke Kamiji as Kobayakawa Hideaki
• Shun Ōide as Kōsaka Masanobu
• Hiroki Matsukata as Tokugawa Ieyasu
• Akinori Nakagawa as Tokugawa Hidetada
• Shingo Tsurumi as Akechi Mitsuhide
• Ryuhei Matsuda as Date Masamune
• Ken Utsui as Maeda Toshiie
• Onoe Matsuya II as Maeda Toshinaga
• Yoshizumi Ishihara as Fukushima Masanori
• Akira Nakao as Mōri Terumoto
• Go Wakabayashi as Shima Sakon
• Takamasa Suga as Ukita Hideie
• Hisayuki Nakajima as Asano Nagamasa
• Tsutomu Takahashi as Katō Kiyomasa
• Ryuhei Numata as Mashita Nagamori
• Masayuki Kikuchi as Natsuka Masaie
• Tatsuhiro Yanase as Maeda Gen'i
• Kanji Tsuda as Ōtani Yoshitsugu
• Hiroshi Yamada as Konishi Yukinaga
• Seiichi Kawano as Chōsokabe Morichika
• Shun Sugata as Shibata Katsuie
• Seiji Matsuyama as Honda Masanobu
• Taro Kawano as Sakakibara Yasumasa
• Masato Nagamori as Ii Naomasa
• Daisuke Iijima as Sakai Tadatsugu
• Atsuko Hirata as Asahi no kata
• Ippei Kanie as Honda Masazumi
• Masaya Kikawada as Honda Masashige
• Tadashi Yokouchi as Kobayakawa Takakage
• Takahiro Mizuma as Mōri Hidemoto
• Anne Watanabe as Princess Mego - Date Masamune's wife
• Yuta Sone as Katakura Kagetsuna
• Ryo Iwamatsu as Sanada Masayuki
• Yuji Shirakura as Sarutobi Sasuke
• Ichikawa Emiya II as Takeda Katsuyori
• Shun Oide as Kōsaka Masanobu
• Goro Ibuki as Hōjō Ujimasa
• Yu Kamiki as Hōjō Ujinao
• Isao Sasaki as Daidōji Masashige
• Yukijiro Hotaru as Tōyama Yasumitsu
• Shigeru Kōyama as Sen no Rikyū
• Yoshino Kimura as Oryō, Rikyū's daughter
• Masami Nagasawa as Hatsune - Sanada Yukimura's older sister (fictional character).

Other

• Umika Kawashima as Senhime (Ep. 46)

Soundtrack and books

Soundtrack

• NHK Taiga drama Tenchijin Original Soundtrack Vol.1 (February 18, 2009)
• NHK Taiga drama Tenchijin Original Soundtrack Vol.2 (August 26, 2009)
• NHK Taiga drama Tenchijin Original Soundtrack Vol.3 (October 21, 2009)

Books

Official guide

• NHK Taiga drama story Tenchijin first part ISBN 978-4-14-923350-5(December 20, 2008)
• NHK Taiga drama story Tenchijin latter part ISBN 978-4-14-923351-2(July 10, 2009)
• NHK Taiga drama story Tenchijin last part ISBN 978-4-14-923352-9(October 24, 2009)
• NHK Taiga drama, Historical handbook, Tenchijin ISBN 978-4-14-910693-9(December 20, 2008)
• Sōun Takeda - Writing about Samurai ISBN 978-4-8356-1743-5(September 30, 2009)

Novel

• Tenchijin First volume ISBN 978-4-14-005503-8(September 26, 2009)
• Tenchijin Last volume ISBN 978-4-14-005504-5(September 26, 2009)
• Tenchijin, New Edition, First volume ISBN 978-4-14-005553-3(November 14, 2008)
• Tenchijin, New Edition, Latter volume ISBN 978-4-14-005554-0(November 14, 2008)
• Tenchijin, New Edition, Last volume ISBN 978-4-14-005555-7(November 14, 2008)

References

External links

• NHK website
• Tenchijin at the Internet Movie Database

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