Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer

141 mins
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.

Aoi Miyazaki

En Murase

Junichi Okada

Santetsu Yasui

Kiichi Nakai

Mitsukuni Mito

Ryuta Sato

Gieki Murase

Takashi Sasano

Dennai Tatsube

Shota Sometani

Tenchi Meisatsu

Joe Hisaishi

Original Music Composer

Takeshi Hamada

Director of Photography

Kyōko Heya

Production Design

Nozomu Enoki

Producer

Makoto Chiba

Visual Effects Supervisor

Mizuho Kudô

Script Supervisor

Fumio Inoue

Producer

Yojiro Takita

Screenplay

Osamu Onodera

Sound Recordist

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