Heaven and Earth (1990 film)
| Heaven and Earth Ten to Chi to | |
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| Directed by | Haruki Kadokawa |
| Written by | Haruki Kadokawa Toshio Kamata Isao Yoshiwara |
| Based on | Ten to Chi to by Chōgorō Kaionji |
| Produced by | Yutaka Okada |
| Starring | |
| Narrated by | Tomomichi Nishimura |
| Cinematography | Yonezō Maeda |
| Edited by | Akira Suzuki |
| Music by | Daisuke Hinata Tetsuya Komuro |
| Distributed by | Toei Company |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Languages | Japanese English |
| Budget | ¥5 billion ($40 million) |
| Box office | ¥9.2 billion (Japan) $307,775 (United States) |
Heaven and Earth (Japanese: 天と地と, Hepburn: Ten to Chi to) is a 1990 Japanese epic jidaigeki film directed by Haruki Kadokawa, based on a novel by Chōgorō Kaionji. The film stars Takaaki Enoki, Tsugawa Masahiko, Asano Atsuko, Zaizen Naomi and Nomura Hironobu. It was released on 23 June 1990, in Japan, and an English version was released in North America in 1991.
Ken Watanabe was originally cast in the role of Kenshin, but had to pull out after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia.