Heaven and Earth　 is a 1990 film directed by Haruki Kadokawa

Haruki Kadokawa

is a Japanese publisher, film producer, director and screenwriter. He was the son of Genyoshi Kadokawa and inherited the position of president of the publishing house Kadokawa Shoten in 1975. Under his guidance, the company soon branched into film production, and by 1994 Kadokawa had produced close...

 starring Enoki Takaaki, Tsugawa Masahiko, Asano Atsuko, Zaizen Naomi

Zaizen Naomi

Zaizen Naomi is a Japanese actress.-Films:* 極道の妻たち 三代目姐 * 愛と平成の色男 * Heaven and Earth　* Best Guy...

 and Nomura Hironobu.

Plot summary

Set in feudal Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

, the daimyo

Daimyo

is a generic term referring to the powerful territorial lords in pre-modern Japan who ruled most of the country from their vast, hereditary land holdings...

Kagetora (Enoki) must protect his lands and his people from the ambitions of the warlord

Warlord

A warlord is a person with power who has both military and civil control over a subnational area due to armed forces loyal to the warlord and not to a central authority. The term can also mean one who espouses the ideal that war is necessary, and has the means and authority to engage in war...

 Takeda (Tsugawa).

Kagetora is also known as Uesugi Kenshin

Uesugi Kenshin

was a daimyo who ruled Echigo province in the Sengoku period of Japan.He was one of the most powerful lords of the Sengoku period. While chiefly remembered for his prowess on the battlefield, Kenshin is also regarded as an extremely skillful administrator who fostered the growth of local industries...

. In the film, Kagetora must defend his province of Echigo against Takeda Shingen

Takeda Shingen

, of Kai Province, was a preeminent daimyo in feudal Japan with exceptional military prestige in the late stage of the Sengoku period.-Name:Shingen was called "Tarō" or "Katsuchiyo" during his childhood...

. The famous battles include the Battle of Kawanakajima.

Reception

Heaven and Earth was the number one Japanese film on the domestic market in 1990, earning ¥5.05 billion in distribution income.

External links

• Internet Movie Database