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Tenchijin
Written by	Eriko Komatsu; Kazue Matsushita
Directed by	Kataoka Keiji; Yōichirō Takahashi; Yūsuke Noda; Masae Ichiki
Starring	Satoshi Tsumabuki; Kazuki Kitamura; Takako Tokiwa; Misako Tanaka; Masanobu Takashima; Shun Oguri; Tetsuji Tamayama; Masami Nagasawa; Manami Higa; Saki Aibu; Yusuke Kamiji; Yu Shirota; Mikihisa Azuma; Seishiro Kato; Kotaro Koizumi; Yoshizumi Ishihara; Yoshino Kimura; Kei Yamamoto; Akira Nakao; Kyoko Fukada; Shigeru Kōyama; Takeshi Katō; Ryuhei Matsuda; Takashi Sasano; Kōji Kikkawa; Reiko Takashima; Ken Utsui; Sumiko Fuji; Hiroshi Abe; Hiroki Matsukata
Narrated by	Nobuko Miyamoto
Theme music composer	Kazuhiro Koizumi
Opening theme	"Tenchijn ～ Opening Theme" (「天地人～オープニングテーマ」) by the NHK Symphony Orchestra
Composer	Michiru Ōshima
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	47
Production
Executive producer	Shinsuke Naito
Running time	45 x 45 minutes; 2 x 75 minutes
Original release
Network	NHK
Release	January 4 –; November 22, 2009

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.

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]

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

Script – Eriko Komatsu, Kazue Matsushita
Based on the novel by – Masashi Hisaka
Narrator – Nobuko Miyamoto
Music – Michiru Ōshima
Historical research – Tetsuo Owada
Action director – Kunishirō Hayashi
Architectural research – Sei Hirai
Clothing research – Kiyoko Koizumi
Titling – Sōun Takeda
Production coordinator – Shinsuke Naitō
Casting – Yōichirō Takahashi

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

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
Jin Maki as Usami Sadamitsu

Uesugi retainers and their family members

Mikihisa Azuma as Izumisawa Hisahide
- Takuya Kusakawa as Mikihisa Azuma's second son, Matajiro
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
Kunishirō Hayashi as Kamiizumi Hidetsuna
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)

Oda clan

Toyotomi clan

Takashi Sasano as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Sumiko Fuji as Nene
Shun Oguri as Ishida Mitsunari
Kyōko Fukada as Yodo
Hidekazu Mashima as Toyotomi Hidetsugu
Go Wakabayashi as Shima Sakon
Yoshizumi Ishihara as Fukushima Masanori
Takamasa Suga as Ukita Hideie
Hisayuki Nakajima as Asano Nagamasa
Tsutomu Takahashi as Katō Kiyomasa
Ryuhei Numata as Mashita Nagamori
Tatsuhiro Yanase as Maeda Gen'i
Tomoya Nakamura as Toyotomi Hideyori
Umika Kawashima as Senhime (Ep. 46)
- Momoko Tanabe as young senhime (Ep. 45)
Masayuki Kikuchi as Natsuka Masaie
Kanji Tsuda as Ōtani Yoshitsugu
Hiroshi Yamada as Konishi Yukinaga

Tokugawa clan

Mōri clan

Maeda clan

Ken Utsui as Maeda Toshiie
Onoe Matsuya II as Maeda Toshinaga

Takeda clan

Later Hōjō clan

TV schedule

Episode	Original airdate	Title	Directed by	Rating
1	January 4, 2009 (2009-01-04)	"Gosai no Kashin" (五歳の家臣)	Hiroshi Kataoka	24.7%
2	January 11, 2009 (2009-01-11)	"Nakimushi, Yoroku" (泣き虫、与六)		23.5%
3	January 18, 2009 (2009-01-18)	"Tono no Hatsukoi" (殿の初恋)		24.7%
4	January 25, 2009 (2009-01-25)	"Toshiue no Hito" (年上の女（ひと）)		26.0%
5	February 1, 2009 (2009-02-01)	"Nobunaga wa Oni ka" (信長は鬼か)		24.2%
6	February 8, 2009 (2009-02-08)	"Iza, Uijin" (いざ、初陣)	Yōichirō Takahashi	24.4%
7	February 15, 2009 (2009-02-15)	"Haha no Negai" (母の願い)		23.2%
8	February 22, 2009 (2009-02-22)	"Kenshin no Yuigon" (謙信の遺言)		23.1%
9	March 1, 2009 (2009-03-01)	"Kenshin Shisu" (謙信死す)	Hiroshi Kataoka	20.3%
10	March 8, 2009 (2009-03-08)	"Futari no Yōshi" (二人の養子)	Yōichirō Takahashi	22.2%
11	March 15, 2009 (2009-03-15)	"Otate no Ran" (御館の乱)	Masae Ichiki	22.8%
12	March 22, 2009 (2009-03-22)	"Inochigake no Shisha" (命がけの使者)	Masae Ichiki	21.7%
13	March 29, 2009 (2009-03-29)	"Sennyū! Takeda no Jin" (潜入！武田の陣)	Hiroshi Kataoka	17.8%
14	April 5, 2009 (2009-04-05)	"Ōgon no Meiyaku" (黄金の盟約)	Yōichirō Takahashi	19.8%
15	April 12, 2009 (2009-04-12)	"Otate Rakujō" (御館落城)	Yōichirō Takahashi	19.6%
16	April 19, 2009 (2009-04-19)	"Shingen no Musume" (信玄の娘)	Masae Ichiki	21.1%
17	April 26, 2009 (2009-04-26)	"Naoe Kanetsugu Tanjō" (直江兼続誕生)	Masae Ichiki	20.1%
18	May 3, 2009 (2009-05-03)	"Gi no Senshi-tachi" (義の戦士たち)	Hiroshi Kataoka	16.7%
19	May 10, 2009 (2009-05-10)	"Honnō-ji no Hen" (本能寺の変)	Hiroshi Kataoka	20.2%
20	May 17, 2009 (2009-05-17)	"Hideyoshi no Wana" (秀吉の罠)	Yūsuke Noda	21.6%
21	May 24, 2009 (2009-05-24)	"Mitsunari no Namida" (三成の涙)		21.0%
22	May 31, 2009 (2009-05-31)	"Sanada Yukimura Sanjō" (真田幸村参上)		20.7%
23	June 7, 2009 (2009-06-07)	"Ai no Kabuto" (愛の兜)	Hiroshi Kataoka	22.0%
24	June 14, 2009 (2009-06-14)	"Tomadoi no Jōraku" (戸惑いの上洛)	Hiroshi Kataoka	22.0%
25	June 21, 2009 (2009-06-21)	"Tenkabito no Yūwaku" (天下人の誘惑)	Masae Ichiki	20.7%
26	June 28, 2009 (2009-06-28)	"Kanpaku wo Shikaru" (関白を叱る)	Masae Ichiki	20.3%
27	July 5, 2009 (2009-07-05)	"Yoroku to Yoshichi" (与六と与七)	Yūsuke Noda	20.1%
28	July 12, 2009 (2009-07-12)	"Kita no Dokuganryū" (北の独眼竜)	Yūsuke Noda	21.8%
29	July 19, 2009 (2009-07-19)	"Tenka Tōitsu" (天下統一)	Masae Ichiki	21.9%
30	July 26, 2009 (2009-07-26)	"Onna-tachi no Jōraku" (女たちの上洛)	Hiroshi Kataoka	21.0%
31	August 2, 2009 (2009-08-02)	"Ai no Hanaikusa" (愛の花戦)	Hiroshi Kataoka	19.6%
32	August 9, 2009 (2009-08-09)	"Yotsugi no Sadame" (世継ぎの運命（さだめ）)	Yūsuke Noda	24.8%
33	August 16, 2009 (2009-08-16)	"Gonin no Kanetsugu" (五人の兼続)	Yūsuke Noda	20.3%
34	August 23, 2009 (2009-08-23)	"Saraba, Echigo" (さらば、越後)	Hiroshi Kataoka	14.9%
35	August 30, 2009 (2009-08-30)	"Ieyasu no Inbō" (家康の陰謀)	Masae Ichiki	19.9%
36	September 6, 2009 (2009-09-06)	"Shijō-saidai no Mitsuyaku" (史上最大の密約)	Masae Ichiki	20.4%
37	September 13, 2009 (2009-09-13)	"Ieyasu eno Chōsenjō" (家康への挑戦状)	Hiroshi Kataoka	21.6%
38	September 20, 2009 (2009-09-20)	"Futatsu no Sekigahara" (ふたつの関ヶ原)		20.0%
39	September 27, 2009 (2009-09-27)	"Mitsunari no Yuigon" (三成の遺言)		19.5%
40	October 4, 2009 (2009-10-04)	"Uesugi Tenraku" (上杉転落)	Yūsuke Noda	18.8%
41	October 11, 2009 (2009-10-11)	"Uesugi no Ikiru Michi" (上杉の生きる道)	Yūsuke Noda	17.7%
42	October 18, 2009 (2009-10-18)	"Shōgun Tanjō" (将軍誕生)	Masae Ichiki	18.2%
43	October 25, 2009 (2009-10-25)	"Saneyori Tsuihō" (実頼追放)	Hirokazu Ozaki	20.9%
44	November 1, 2009 (2009-11-01)	"Kanashimi no Hanayome" (哀しみの花嫁)	Masae Ichiki	19.5%
45	November 8, 2009 (2009-11-08)	"Osaka no Jin e" (大坂の陣へ)	Yūsuke Noda	22.2%
46	November 15, 2009 (2009-11-15)	"Osaka-jō Enjō" (大坂城炎上)	Hiroshi Kataoka	21.7%
47	November 22, 2009 (2009-11-22)	"Aai wo Kakageyo" (愛を掲げよ)	Hiroshi Kataoka	22.7%
Average rating 21.2% - Rating is based on Japanese Video Research (Kantō region).^[4]

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)

Notes

^ 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

^ "NHKドラマ". Archived from the original on 6 October 2008.
^ "『天地人』が1位 2009年"ドラマ視聴率10傑"出揃う！定番ジャンルの人気の高さ実証". Oricon (in Japanese). Oricon ME inc. 25 December 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2019. 1位は、俳優の妻夫木聡が"愛と義"に生きた名将・直江兼続を熱演したNHK大河ドラマ『天地人』（1月25日放送）の26.0％。
^ Shinozuka, Jun, ed. (January 2011). "Feature 1: JQR Interview – Yoshiko Nishimura". Japan Quality Review Vol. 0-1. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
^ "『天地人』最終回視聴率は22.7% 年間平均"20%超え"果たす". Oricon. Retrieved December 18, 2020.