Ue wo Muite Aruko
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Details
- Title: 上を向いて歩こう
- Tagline: 坂本九物語
- Title (romaji): Ue wo Muite Aruko
- Tagline (romaji): Sakamoto Kyu Monogatari
- Format: Tanpatsu
- Genre: Biography
- Viewership rating: 16.9
- Broadcast network: TV Tokyo
- Broadcast date: 2005-Aug-21
- Air time: Thursday 21:00
Synopsis
Based on the biography of late singer, Sakamoto Kyu. His hit song Sukiyaki topped the American pop music charts in 1963 - the only Japanese song ever to do so. He would eventually be killed in the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123 in 1985 - the largest crash of an aircraft in Japanese history.