Tenchijin
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- 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 (並木瑠璃) as young Osen
- Shishido Joe as Naoe Kagetsuna
- Manda Hisako as Oman
- Yamashita Shinji as Naoe Nobutsuna
- Kichise Michiko as Oyu
- Aki Takejo (あき竹城) as Kayo
Higuchi Family
- Takashima Masanobu as Higuchi Soemon
- Tanaka Misako as Ofuji
- Koizumi Kotaro as Higuchi Yoshichi
- Mabuchi Homare (馬渕誉) as young Yoshichi
- Ebato Miro as Kita
- Kitahara Hitomi (北原ひとみ) as Natsu
Uesugi Family
- Abe Hiroshi as Uesugi Kenshin
- Kitamura Kazuki as Uesugi Kagekatsu
- Mizoguchi Takuya (溝口琢矢) as young Kagekatsu (Kiheiji)
- Tamayama Tetsuji as Uesugi Kagetora
- Murata Kazumichi (村田一道) as Nagao Masakage
Vassals
- Yamamoto Kei as Yoshie Munenobu
- Arai Yasuhiro as Kitajo Takahiro
- Miike Takashi as Kariyasu Hyogo
- Kakuda Nobuaki (角田信朗) as Kakizaki Haruie
- Washu Isao (鷲生功) as Jojo Masashige
- Maki Hitoshi (真木仁) as Usami Sadamitsu
- Sugiyama Shunsuke (杉山俊介) 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 (新井海人) as young Kagetsugu
- Matsuo Satoru as Sakurai Haruyoshi
- Arai Kentaro (荒井健太郎) as young Haruyoshi
- Matsumoto Minoru (松本実) as Fukazawa Yashichiro
- Mimura Kazunori (三村和敬) 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
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
- Kobayashi Kaito as young Hideyoshi
- 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
- 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)
Episode Information
See Tenchijin/Episode Information
Notes
- NHK announced that its major drama project Saka no Ue no Kumo will be starting this November. As a result, Tenchijin will be shorter than previous taiga dramas, ending almost a month early and lasting only 47 episodes.*
- The show will be adapted into a boys-love manga for mobile phones by mangaka, Shimotsuki Kairi. This is the second time that a taiga drama has been adapted as a comic, after Yoshitsune in 2005.*
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