Ten to Chi to (1990)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Haruki Kadokawa

Writers:

Haruki Kadokawa (writer)
Chogoro Kaionji (writer)

Release Date:

8 February 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Action | Adventure | War

Plot:

Warlords Kagetora and Takeda each wish to prevent the other from gaining hegemony in feudal Japan. The...

Plot Keywords:

Japan | Samurai | Flute | Katana | Psychotronic

Awards:

1 win & 6 nominations

Cast

Takaaki Enoki	...	Kagetora
Masahiko Tsugawa	...	Takeda Shingen
Atsuko Asano	...	Nami
Naomi Zaizen	...	Yae
Hironobu Nomura	...	Taro Yoshinobu
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Masatô Ibu	...	Akida
Morio Kazama	...	Imperial Messenger
Kyôko Kishida	...	Maid-In-Waiting
Hideo Murota	...	Obu
Isao Natsuyagi	...	Yamamoto Kansuke
Hiroyuki Okita	...	Kosaka Danjo
Hideji Otaki	...	Matasaburo
Tsunehiko Watase	...	Usami
Stuart Whitman	...	Narrator (English version) (voice)

Also Known As:

Heaven and Earth (USA)
Kagetora (USA) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

Japan:104 min (cut version) | Japan:125 min (uncut version)

Country:

Japan

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Alberta, Canada

Company:

Haruki Kadokawa Films

Trivia:

Only one injury occured during the course of filming all the battle scenes. A Japanese wrangler lost a thumb during the night shift, when his hand got caught in some rope attached to a horse. First aid was applied and the thumb was saved.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The Ashigaru (foot-soldiers) all wore Mempo (face masks). Mempo were only worn by samurai (and not even then by ALL samurai), who were all mounted. The reason for this is because pretty much all of the Ashigaru were played by Canadians, and the Mempo hid this fact.

Quotes:

Kagetora: A fair fight is not always practical.

Disappointing

Takeda Shingen, a very important figure in Japanese history, has been portrayed with as much accuracy as can be expected from what is known of him from the available historic records in such excellent movies as Kagemusha and Furin Kazan (Samurai banners). This movie (except for the costumes) is a very poor reflection of the historical reality and of the spirit of the man Takeda. The plot is totally unrealistic in the context of feudal Japan and shows the writer's ignorance of these matters. They could have dispensed with the elaborate costumes and battle scenes. The proponents could have worn T-shirts and jeans, the results would have been, at a lesser cost, the same: a mediocre B-movie.