Complete (J-Drama) Tenchijin

Complete (J-Drama) Tenchijin

Title: 天地人

Title (romaji): Tenchijin

Format: Renzoku

Genre: Jidaigeki

Episodes: 47

Broadcast network: NHK

Broadcast period: 2009, January 04 to 2009, November 22

Air time: Sunday 20:00

Synopsis

The story centers on Naoe Kanetsugu, a loyal and devoted samurai in Echigo Province in the 16th century. Kanetsugu was trained in his early childhood by Uesugi Kenshin and after his death, served Kenshin's adopted son Kagekatsu and is known for his extreme loyalty to the Uesugi family. He also made every effort to protect the people of Echigo with a strong sense of justice and genuine sympathy toward commoners.

Cast

Tsumabuki Satoshi as Higuchi Yoroku → Higuchi Kanetsugu → Naoe Kanetsugu

Kato Seishiro as Yoroku

Naoe Family

Tokiwa Takako as Osen no Kata

Namiki Ruri as young Osen

Shishido Joe as Naoe Kagetsuna

Manda Hisako as Oman

Yamashita Shinji as Naoe Nobutsuna

Kichise Michiko as Oyu

Aki Takejo as Kayo

Higuchi Family

Takashima Masanobu as Higuchi Soemon

Tanaka Misako as Ofuji

Koizumi Kotaro as Higuchi Yoshichi

Mabuchi Homare as young Yoshichi

Ebato Miro as Kita

Kitahara Hitomi as Natsu

Uesugi Family

Abe Hiroshi as Uesugi Kenshin

Kitamura Kazuki as Uesugi Kagekatsu

Mizoguchi Takuya as young Kagekatsu (Kiheiji)

Tamayama Tetsuji as Uesugi Kagetora

Murata Kazumichi as Nagao Masakage

Vassals

Yamamoto Kei as Yoshie Munenobu

Arai Yasuhiro as Kitajo Takahiro

Miike Takashi as Kariyasu Hyogo

Kakuda Nobuaki as Kakizaki Haruie

Washu Isao as Jojo Masashige

Maki Hitoshi as Usami Sadamitsu

Sugiyama Shunsuke as Nishiyama Kanzaemon

Ueda Residents

Azuma Mikihisa as Izumisawa Hisahide

Hiraizumi Sei as Kuribayashi Masayori

Suzuki Masayuki as Fukazawa Toshishige

Katsurayama Shingo as Abe Masayoshi

Ito Hiroto as young Masayoshi

Papaya Suzuki as Amakasu Kagetsugu

Arai Kaito as young Kagetsugu

Matsuo Satoru as Sakurai Haruyoshi

Arai Kentaro as young Haruyoshi

Matsumoto Minoru as Fukazawa Yashichiro

Mimura Kazunori as young Yashichiro

Women

Takashima Reiko as Sentoin

Aibu Saki as Hana-hime

Noda Yoshiko (野田よしこ) as Kozasa

Asuka Maya (飛鳥みや) as Chigusa

Others

Kato Takeshi as Hokko Zenshuku

Takasugi Ko as Saikyo Saburoemon

Kusabue Mitsuko as Tome

Kimura Yoshino as Oryo

Takahashi Tsutomu as Kato Kiyomasa

Sengoku Warlords

Oda Family

Kikkawa Koji (吉川晃司) as Oda Nobunaga

Tsurumi Shingo as Akechi Mitsuhide

Sugata Shun (菅田俊) as Shibata Katsuie

Takeda Family

Ichikawa Emiya (市川笑也) as Takeda Katsuyori

Higa Manami as Kiku-hime

Oide Toshi (大出俊) as Kosaka Danjo

Yamaguchi Karin (山口果林) as Aoyagi

Toyotomi Family

Sasano Takashi as Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Nakamura Tomoya as Toyotomi Hideyori

Yoshioka Reo as young Hideyori

Kobayashi Kaito as young Hideyori

Fuji Sumiko as Kita no Mandokoro

Oguri Shun as Ishida Mitsunari

Fukada Kyoko as Yodo-Dono

Kamiji Yusuke as Kobayakawa Hideaki

Ishihara Yoshizumi as Fukushima Masanori

Tokugawa Family

Matsukata Hiroki as Tokugawa Ieyasu

Matsuyama Seiji as Honda Masanobu

Date Family

Matsuda Ryuhei as Date Masamune

Anne as Mego-hime

Sanada Family

Shirota Yu as Sanada Yukimura

Nagasawa Masami as Hatsune

Other Warlords

Utsui Ken as Maeda Toshiie

Nakao Akira as Mori Terumoto

Hotaru Yukijiro as Toyama Yasumitsu