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:

The scenes that show some of the samurai wearing armored sleeves on just their left arms are historically accurate. Many samurai archers wore this greatly simplified armor, to facilitate using the asymmetrical Japanese long bow.

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:

Usami: His spirit is weak! How can he think that way and survive?

Was an extra in the movie

I had the opportunity to be an extra in this movie. It was an incredible way to spend the summer of 1989. Hours of sitting on a horse in the hot Alberta sun in the river valley near Morley. Most of the horses that were used came from the Morley Indian reservation and some were barely broken in at all. The scenery was as good as it gets with the Rocky Mountains as a backdrop and the Bow River flowing nearby. The food provided could have been a lot better but that was a minor thing compared to the magnitude of this production. Watching it for the first time on the big screen was phenomenal. It's hard to believe that it would be such a magnificent movie when you're hot, sweating and dusty in 90 degree temperatures, and that's basically all you see for the whole summer. What a glorious time it was!! I've been wanting to buy a copy for myself and never even thought of Ebay until seeing the other posts on here. Us extras should have a reunion sometime!!