| Ten to Chi to | |
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| Directed by | Haruki Kadokawa |
| Produced by | Yutaka Okada |
| Written by | Haruki Kadokawa. Toshio Kamata. Chogoro Keynji. Isao Yoshiwara |
| Starring | Takaaki Enoki, Masahiko Tsugawa, Atsuko Asano, Naomi Zaizen |
| Music by | Daisuke Hinata, Tetsuya Komuro |
| Release date(s) | 1990 |
| Running time | 104 min. |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | English, Japanese |
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Heaven and Earth (天と地と, Ten to chi to) is a 1990 film directed by Kadokawa Haruki starring Enoki Takaaki, Tsugawa Masahiko, Asano Atsuko, Zaizen Naomi and Nomura Hironobu.
Plot summary
Set in feudal Japan, the daimyo Kagetora (Enoki) must protect his lands and his people from the ambitions of the warlord Takeda (Tsugawa). Kagetora is Uesugi Kenshin, In the film, Kagetora must defend his province of Echigo against Takeda Shingen. The famous battles include Battle of Kawanakajima, where Shingen is attacked by Uesugi Kenshin. The film is large scale dramatic battle scene filmed in Canadian forest and open fields. Many of the regular soldiers wear masks that were historically for mounted Samurai or leaders. This is because many actors were Caucasian Canadians or other ethnicities not Japanese or East Asian.
