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Tenchijin

2009 taiga drama about samurai Naoe Kanetsugu From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Tenchijin (天地人) is a 2009 Japanese super historical drama television series, and the 48th taiga drama of NHK. It aired every Sunday from January 4 to November 22, 2009, spanning 47 episodes.[Note 1] The drama centers on the life of 16th century samurai Naoe Kanetsugu, played by Satoshi Tsumabuki.

Quick Facts Written by, Directed by ...

Production began on April 27, 2007. The drama is based on the novel of the same name by Masashi Hisaka and was adapted by Eriko Komatsu, with Michiru Ōshima as series composer.[1] The fourth episode of the series, “An Older Woman” (「年上の女(ひと)」), is the highest-rated episode of any Japanese drama in 2009.[2]

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Plot

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.

Production

Production Credits

Production for Tenchijin began on April 27, 2007.[citation needed] The usual taiga drama production had one-third of the expected number of scripts finished before shooting begun. Afterwards, audience reception was taken into account as the rest of the series was written.[3]

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Cast

Starring role

Naoe house

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

Uesugi retainers and their family members

Oda clan

Toyotomi clan

Tokugawa clan

Mōri clan

Maeda clan

Takeda clan

Later Hōjō clan

Date clan

Sanada clan

Chōsokabe clan

Other

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TV schedule

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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)
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Notes

  1. It is an unusual Taiga Drama as the final episode will be broadcast as early as November, due to the first phase of Saka no Ue no Kumo, a series of NHK Special Drama, being broadcast from November 29 to December 27.

References

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