Heaven and Earth (1990)
Original title: 天と地と
Heaven and Earth is a 1990 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Haruki Kadokawa, with a running time of 1h 44m. It stars Takaaki Enoki, Masahiko Tsugawa and Atsuko Asano.
Warlords Kagetora and Takeda each wish to prevent the other from gaining hegemony in feudal Japan. The two samurai leaders pursue one another across the countryside, engaging in massive battles of cavalry and infantry. Younger and less brutal, Kagetora must find the strength to be as brutal as his opponent, but at what cost?
Cast
- Takaaki Enoki as Kagetora / Uesugi Kenshin
- Masahiko Tsugawa as Takeda Shingen
- Atsuko Asano as Nami
- Naomi Zaizen as Yae
- Hironobu Nomura as Taro Yoshinobu
- Toshiya Ito as Kakizaki Kageie
- Akira Hamada as Naoe Kagetsuna
- Masataka Naruse as Ōkuma Tomohide
- Yûsuke Nagumo as Kitajō Takahiro
- Takeshi Ōbayashi as Murakami Yoshikiyo
- Masahiro Sudo as Yataro Kojima
- Kaitaro Nozaki as Tatsuzo Miya