Tenchijin

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Drama: Tenchijin
Romaji: Tenchijin
Japanese: 天地人
Director: Keiji Kataoka, Masae Ichiki, Yusuke Noda
Writer: Masashi Hisaka (novel), Eriko Komatsu
Network: NHK
Episodes: 50
Release Date: January 4 - November 22, 2009
Runtime: Sundays 20:00-20:45
TV Ratings: 21.2% (weekly average)
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

"Tenchijin" centers on the life of Naoe Kanetsugu, a samurai who lived in the 16th century in Echigo Province in north central Japan. Kanetsugu was trained by Uesugi Kenshin, who taught him that living one's life with honor and integrity was more important than winning battles. After Kenshin's death, Kanetsugu continues to loyally serve the Uesugi family, supporting Kenshin's son Kagekatsu and the people of Echigo.

Notes

"Tenchijin" takes over NHK's Sunday 20:00 time slot previously occupied by "Atsuhime" and followed by "Ryomaden."
"Tenchijin" is NHK's 48th Taiga drama.

Cast



Satoshi Tsumabuki	Takako Tokiwa	Masanobu Takashima	Misako Tanaka	Kotaro Koizumi
Kanetsugu Naoe	Osen	Soemon Higuchi	Ofuji	Yoshichi Higuchi



Miro Ebato	Michiko Kichise	Hiroshi Abe	Jo Shishido	Shinji Yamashita
Kita	Oyu	Kenshin Uesugi	Kagetsuna Naoe	Nobutsuna Naoe



Hisako Manda	Kazuki Kitamura	Tetsuji Tamayama	Saki Aibu	Shun Oguri
Oman	Kagekatsu Uesugi	Kagetora Uesugi	Hanahime	Mitsunari Ishida

Additional Cast Members:

Mikihisa Azuma - Hisahide Izumisawa
Shingo Katsurayama - Masayoshi Abe
Papaya Suzuki - Fujiemon Tosaka
Masami Nagasawa
Manami Higa - Kikuhime
Reiko Takashima - Sentoin
Kyoko Fukada - Yodo-Dono
Yuu Shirota - Sanada Yukimura
Yusuke Kamiji - Kobayakawa Hideaki
Homare Mabuchi - Yoshichi Higuchi
Satoru Matsuo - Haruyoshi Sakurai
Minoru Matsumoto - Yashichiro Fukazawa
Shun Sugata - Katsuie Shibata
Yasuhiro Arai - Takahiro Kitajo
Kei Yamamoto - Munenobu Yoshie
Nobuaki Kakuda - Haruie Kakizaki
Sei Hiraizumi - Nasayori Kuriyashi
Shunsuke Sugiyama - Kanzaemon Nishiyama
Mitsuko Kusabue - Mei
Aki Takejo - Kayo

Takashi Miike - Kagetora Uesugi
Ken Utsui - Toshiie Maeda
Tadashi Yokouchi - Takakage Kobayakawa
Masato Nagamori - Naomasa Ii
Seishiro Kato - Yoruko
Takeshi Kato - Zenshuku Hokko
Isao Sasaki - Masashige Daidouji
Kimihiko Hasegawa - Hidehiro Mori
Shota Sasano - (ep.6)
Takenori Kaneko - (ep.20,36,39)
Rina Endo - Omatsu (young) (ep.29-30)
Seiko Sakurada - wife of Kuroda Nagamasa (ep.31)
Takuya Kusakawa - Matajiro (ep.34)
Rina Aizawa - Omatsu (ep.39-44)
Hiroki Matsukata
Junko Fuji
Akira Nakao
Daisuke Iijima
Nobuko Miyamoto
Tomoya Nakamura
Shiro Namiki
Junichi Haruta
Toshifumi Muramatsu
Toshi Oide
Kaito Kobayashi
Ouki Fujimoto

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Awards

2010 Elan D’or Award - February 4, 2010
- "TV Guide Award (Best Drama)"

Comments

Mihajlo Petrovic Mar 14 2016 2:58 pm Congratulations, drama is exceptional and enchanting.It takes up all the attention of the viewer and does not allow the viewer a respite in sight.Congratulations once again.Also, Japanese women are the most beautiful women in the world If we judge by the actress in this drama.:)

Monique Oct 03 2013 11:03 pm eu aqui haha.

DaDa Nov 13 2012 8:25 pm Honestly, the only thing I remember about this drama was the ending. It was beautiful. It brought a tear to my eye.

Hikaru Jul 11 2012 5:49 pm I love this drama!!! I watched the entire thing and cried at the end!!!

Utada Hikaru Feb 18 2010 1:33 pm They have some of my favorite J-actors in one drama! However, some of them don't seem as if they're going to appear on screen a lot.

shingo mathieu Oct 22 2009 9:06 am Behold! The newest Taiga drama to date and the characters look more like they have just opened for SMAP than they look like they were from the 1560s. These were warriors that took heads to their lords for promotion - not pretty boys that I'd even have sex with! Come on!

BTW, nice to see Jo Shishido back on the screen again. Just watched Youth of the Beast and now I no longer need LSD to get a psychodelic trip.

Salte!

Kazuko Aug 29 2009 8:12 am I'd like to know someone who live in Brazil, speak Portuguese and is watching Tenchijin here. I'm living in Sao Paulo.

rin yamano Feb 15 2009 12:29 pm Wah, and I have just played Samurai Warrior. Isn't it a bit breaking my dream to see Oguri Shun became Mitsunari Ishida like that? I love better the Samurai Warrior version, it's more bishounen thing

Yuuki Oct 29 2008 4:19 am its a bit weird that oguri shuna and shirota yuu are right at the bottom didnt they just have really immense roles in hana kimi...oh well at least itll be fun!

maldita Sep 20 2008 6:23 am wahh. it's good to know that it'd be historical. Things like these are rare these days.

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