天地明察
/
Tenchi meisatsu
/
천지명찰
director:
Yojiro Takita
playwright:
Masato Katō
/
Yojiro Takita
actor:
Junichi Okada
/
Aoi Miyazaki
/
Ryuta Sato
/
Ennosuke Ichikawa
/
Takashi Sasano
…
genre:
Drama
/
Biography
/
History
region:
Japan
language:
Japanese
length: 2h 21m
release date: 2012-09-15
IMDb: tt1834303
website:
www.tenchi-meisatsu.jp
天地明察
overview
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.