Heaven and Earth (1990 film)

Heaven and Earth (天と地と, Ten to Chi to) is a 1990 Japanese film, directed by Haruki Kadokawa and starring Enoki Takaaki, Tsugawa Masahiko, Asano Atsuko, Zaizen Naomi and Nomura Hironobu.[2] The film was released in Japan in June 1990, and an English version was released in North America in 1991.

Heaven and Earth
Ten to Chi to
DVD Cover
Directed byHaruki Kadokawa
Written byHaruki Kadokawa
Toshio Kamata
Chogoro Keynji
Isao Yoshiwara
Produced byYutaka Okada
Starring
Music byDaisuke Hinata
Tetsuya Komuro
Distributed byToei Company
Release date
  • June 1990 (1990-06)
Running time
104 min.
CountryJapan
LanguagesJapanese
English
Budget¥5 billion[1]
Box office¥9.2 billion (Japan)
$307,775 (United States)

Ken Watanabe was originally cast in the role of Kenshin but had to pull out due to his severe illness.[3]

Plot

Set in feudal Japan, the daimyō Kagetora (Enoki) must protect his lands and his people from the ambitions of the warlord Takeda (Tsugawa).

Kagetora is also known as Uesugi Kenshin. In the film, Kagetora must defend his province of Echigo against Takeda Shingen. The famous battles include the Battle of Kawanakajima.

Cast

Reception

In Japan, Heaven and Earth had sold 4.8 million tickets in pre-sales prior to release.[4] It became the number-one Japanese film on the domestic market in 1990, earning ¥5.05 billion in distributor rental income[5] and ¥9.2 billion in gross receipts.[6] In the United States, the film grossed $307,775.[7]

References
  1. Shimbun Akahata (in Japanese). Vol. 30, no. 354. Japanese Communist Party. 1990. p. 326. {{cite magazine}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 山根貞男『映画はどこへ行くか 日本映画時評'89-'92』 1993） ISBN 4-480-87220-5 p. 74
  3. "Takaaki Enoki profile". 映画DB. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  4. "Kadokawa Haruki". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  5. "Kako haikyū shūnyū jōi sakuhin 1990-nen" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  6. "歴代ランキング" [All-time box office top 100]. CINEMAランキング通信. Kogyo Tsushinka. Archived from the original on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  7. "Битва самураев (Ten to Chi to, 1990)". Kinopoisk. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
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