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Tenchijin

Tenchijin

Details

Title: 天地人
Title (romaji): Tenchijin
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Jidaigeki
Viewership ratings: ep1=24.7 high=26.0 avg=21.2
Episodes: 47
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast period: 2009-Jan-04 to 2009-Nov-22
Air time: Sunday 20:00

Synopsis

The 48th NHK Taiga drama is Tenchijin, based on Hisaka Masashi's novel of the same name. The story centers on Naoe Kanetsugu, a loyal and devoted samurai in Echigo Province in the 16th century. Kanetsugu was trained in his early childhood by Uesugi Kenshin and after his death, served Kenshin's adopted son Kagekatsu and is known for his extreme loyalty to the Uesugi family. He also made every effort to protect the people of Echigo with a strong sense of justice and genuine sympathy toward commoners. --NHK

Cast

Tsumabuki Satoshi as Higuchi Yoroku → Higuchi Kanetsugu → Naoe Kanetsugu
Kato Seishiro as Yoroku

Naoe Family

Tokiwa Takako as Osen no Kata
Namiki Ruri as young Osen
Shishido Joe as Naoe Kagetsuna
Manda Hisako as Oman
Yamashita Shinji as Naoe Nobutsuna
Kichise Michiko as Oyu
Aki Takejo as Kayo

Higuchi Family

Takashima Masanobu as Higuchi Soemon
Tanaka Misako as Ofuji
Koizumi Kotaro as Higuchi Yoshichi
Mabuchi Homare as young Yoshichi
Ebato Miro as Kita
Kitahara Hitomi as Natsu

Uesugi Family

Abe Hiroshi as Uesugi Kenshin
Kitamura Kazuki as Uesugi Kagekatsu
Mizoguchi Takuya as young Kagekatsu (Kiheiji)
Tamayama Tetsuji as Uesugi Kagetora
Murata Kazumichi as Nagao Masakage

Vassals

Yamamoto Kei as Yoshie Munenobu
Arai Yasuhiro as Kitajo Takahiro
Miike Takashi as Kariyasu Hyogo
Kakuda Nobuaki as Kakizaki Haruie
Washu Isao as Jojo Masashige
Maki Hitoshi as Usami Sadamitsu
Sugiyama Shunsuke as Nishiyama Kanzaemon

Ueda Residents

Azuma Mikihisa as Izumisawa Hisahide
Hiraizumi Sei as Kuribayashi Masayori
Suzuki Masayuki as Fukazawa Toshishige
Katsurayama Shingo as Abe Masayoshi
Ito Hiroto as young Masayoshi
Papaya Suzuki as Amakasu Kagetsugu
Arai Kaito as young Kagetsugu
Matsuo Satoru as Sakurai Haruyoshi
Arai Kentaro as young Haruyoshi
Matsumoto Minoru as Fukazawa Yashichiro
Mimura Kazunori as young Yashichiro

Women

Takashima Reiko as Sentoin
Aibu Saki as Hana-hime
Noda Yoshiko (野田よしこ) as Kozasa
Asuka Maya (飛鳥みや) as Chigusa

Others

Kato Takeshi as Hokko Zenshuku
Takasugi Ko as Saikyo Saburoemon
Kusabue Mitsuko as Tome
Kimura Yoshino as Oryo
Takahashi Tsutomu as Kato Kiyomasa

Sengoku Warlords

Oda Family


Kikkawa Koji (吉川晃司) as Oda Nobunaga
Tsurumi Shingo as Akechi Mitsuhide
Sugata Shun (菅田俊) as Shibata Katsuie

Takeda Family

Ichikawa Emiya (市川笑也) as Takeda Katsuyori
Higa Manami as Kiku-hime
Oide Toshi (大出俊) as Kosaka Danjo
Yamaguchi Karin (山口果林) as Aoyagi

Toyotomi Family

Sasano Takashi as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Nakamura Tomoya as Toyotomi Hideyori
Yoshioka Reo as young Hideyori
Kobayashi Kaito as young Hideyori
Fuji Sumiko as Kita no Mandokoro
Oguri Shun as Ishida Mitsunari
Fukada Kyoko as Yodo-Dono
Kamiji Yusuke as Kobayakawa Hideaki
Ishihara Yoshizumi as Fukushima Masanori

Tokugawa Family

Matsukata Hiroki as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Matsuyama Seiji as Honda Masanobu

Date Family

Matsuda Ryuhei as Date Masamune
Anne as Mego-hime

Sanada Family

Shirota Yu as Sanada Yukimura
Nagasawa Masami as Hatsune

Other Warlords

Utsui Ken as Maeda Toshiie
Nakao Akira as Mori Terumoto
Hotaru Yukijiro as Toyama Yasumitsu

Production Credits

Original writing (novel): Tenchijin by Hisaka Masahi (火坂雅志)
Screenwriter: Komatsu Eriko
Executive Producer: Naito Shinsuke
Directors: Kataoka Keiji (片岡敬司) (ep1-5), Takahashi Yoichiro (髙橋陽一郎) (ep6-7), Noda Yusuke (野田雄介), Ichiki Masae (一木正恵)
Music: Oshima Michiru
Narrator: Morimoto Takeshige (森本健成)

Awards

63rd Television Drama Academy Awards: Special Award

Tenchijin

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