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[[Image:Natsu Kumo Agare.jpg|thumb|400px|Natsu Kumo Agare]]
==Details==
*'''Title:''' 夏雲あがれ
*'''Title (romaji):''' Natsu Kumo Agare
*'''Format:''' Renzoku
*'''Genre:''' Jidaigeki
*'''Episodes:''' 5
*'''Broadcast network:''' NHK
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2007-Jun-07 to 2007-Jul-05
*'''Air time:''' Friday 23:00-23:45
*'''Theme song:''' ''Seishun no Kage'' by TULIP

==Synopsis==
A story about three young samurai from Tokai region who are bound by strong ties of friendship. Two of them leave their hometown for Edo, getting a chance to move up the ladder of success in the capital of shogunate Japan. Shingo, the one who is left behind in the small domain of Tokai, is unexpectedly told to go to Edo also, as a secret guard of the domain’s lord. In Edo, the three young swordsmen struggle selflessly to foil the conspiracy against their lord. Based on a novel by Miyamoto Masataka.

==Cast==
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*[[Ishigaki Yuma]] as Kakei Shingo
*[[Aoyama Sota]] (青山草太) as Hanayama Tarozaemon
*[[Sakimoto Hiromi]] as Sone Sennnosuke
*[[Abe Natsumi]] as Onda Shiho
*[[Sakai Masaaki]] as Hachiya Judayu
*[[Ryu Raita]] as Ban Ryuko
*[[Terada Minori]] as Amano Notonokami
*[[Kurokawa Mei]] as Hanayama Yayoi
*[[Hirayama Hiroyuki]] as Yoshiwaramono Ginji
*[[Moriguchi Yoko]] as Oiran Sekiya
*[[Aoi]]
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*[[Aoki Shinsuke]]
*[[Nakahara Yuya]] (中原裕也)
*[[Nishimura Kazuhiko]] as Umehara Kenmotsu
*[[Manatsu Ryu]] (真夏竜)
*[[Kubota Maki]]
*[[Hasegawa Tetsuo]]
*[[Takigawa Yumi]] as Kata
*[[Minami Keisuke]]
*[[Hayashi Yasufumi]]
*[[Aso Mayuko]] (麻生真友子)
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===Guests===
*[[Kawai Yu]] (河合優) (ep3)

==Production Credits==
*'''Original writing:''' [[Miyamoto Masataka]] (宮本昌孝) ''Natsu Kumo Agare'' (novel)
*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Miyagawa Ichiro]] (宮川一郎)
*'''Chief producer:''' [[Kanno Takashi]] (菅野高至)
*'''Producer:''' [[Iijima Toshihiro]] (飯島敏宏)
*'''Director:''' [[Yamada Takamichi]] (山田髙道)

==Episode Information==
{| class=wikitable border="1"
|- align=center
!width="50"|Episode
!width="100"|Date
!width="300"|Subtitle (English)
!width="50"|Rating (Kanto)
|- align=center
|01||2007-Jun-07||When It's Time to Leave for the Journey||9.6%
|- align=center
|02||2007-Jun-14||The Winds and Clouds Move||9.5%
|- align=center
|03||2007-Jun-21||A Shadow Sneaking Up||8.1%
|- align=center
|04||2007-Jun-28||Before the Battle||9.6%
|- align=center
|05||2007-Jul-05||Fly to Tomorrow!||7.8%
|- align=center
|}
Source: [http://www.videor.co.jp/ Video Research, Ltd.]

==External Links==
*[http://www.nhk.or.jp/drama/archives/natsukumo Official Site]
*[http://jdorama.com/drama.1162.htm JDorama.com]
*[[Wikipedia:ja:夏雲あがれ|Japanese Wikipedia]]

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