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Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer

Directed by Yojiro Takita
2012    2h 21mDrama, History,
6.876%7.3
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A chronicle of the life of Yasui Santetsu, a 17th century master of go who turned his attention to astronomy and created a new calendar for Japan. Based on the life of Santetsu Yasui (December 27, 1639-November 1, 1715), appointed as the first official astronomer in the Edo Period and would go on to create the Jokyo calendar at the imperial request.

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Cast of Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer

  • Aoi MiyazakiEn Murase
  • Junichi OkadaSantetsu Yasui
  • Kiichi NakaiMitsukuni Mito
  • Ryuta SatoGieki Murase
  • Takashi SasanoDennai Tatsube
  • Shota SometaniTenchi Meisatsu
  • Yojiro TakitaDirector / Screenplay
  • Masato KatōWriter
  • Tow UbukataNovel
  • Kazutaka AkimotoProducer
  • Tamotsu ShiinaProducer
  • Arimasa OkadaProducer
  • Fumio InoueProducer
  • Shinichirou InoueProducer
  • Julie K. FujishimaProducer
  • Toshihisa WataiProducer
  • Nozomu EnokiProducer
  • Kyōko HeyaProduction Design
  • Takeshi HamadaDirector Of Photography
  • Mizuho KudôScript Supervisor

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer Trivia

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer was released on September 15, 2012.

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer was directed by Yojiro Takita.

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer has a runtime of 2 hr 21 min.

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer was produced by Kazutaka Akimoto, Tamotsu Shiina, Arimasa Okada, Fumio Inoue, Shinichirou Inoue, Julie K. Fujishima, Toshihisa Watai, Nozomu Enoki.

The key characters in Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer are En Murase (Aoi Miyazaki), Santetsu Yasui (Junichi Okada), Mitsukuni Mito (Kiichi Nakai).

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer is a Drama, History, Biography film.

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer has an audience rating of 7.6 out of 10.

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