Tenchijin

Tenchijin
Written byEriko Komatsu
Kazue Matsushita
Directed byKataoka Keiji
Yōichirō Takahashi
Yūsuke Noda
Masae Ichiki
StarringSatoshi 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 byNobuko Miyamoto
Theme music composerKazuhiro Koizumi
Opening theme"Tenchijn ~ Opening Theme" (「天地人~オープニングテーマ」) by the NHK Symphony Orchestra
ComposerMichiru Ōshima
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes47
Production
Executive producerShinsuke Naito
Running time45 x 45 minutes
2 x 75 minutes
Original release
NetworkNHK
ReleaseJanuary 4 (2009-01-04) –
November 22, 2009 (2009-11-22)
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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.

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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  1. ^ "NHKドラマ". Archived from the original on 6 October 2008.
  2. ^ "『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%。