Saka no Ue no Kumo
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Details[edit]
- Title: 坂の上の雲
- Title (romaji): Saka no Ue no Kumo
- Also known as: Clouds Over the Hill
- Format: Renzoku
- Genre: Period drama
- Episodes: 13 (90 mins. each)
- Viewership rating: 17.5% (Part 1), 13.5% (Part 2), 11.6% (Part 3)
- Broadcast network: NHK
- Broadcast period:
- 2009-Nov-29 to 2009-Dec-27 (ep 01-05)
- 2010-Dec-05 to 2010-Dec-26 (ep 06-09)
- 2011-Dec-04 to 2011-Dec-25 (ep 10-13)
- Air time: Sunday 20:00
Synopsis[edit]
The story takes place during Japan's tumultuous 19th century Meiji Period and is told through the military officers and brothers, Akiyama Yoshifuru and Akiyama Saneyuki and the poet Masaoka Shiki who used their ingenuity to fight an uphill battle during the Russo-Japanese War.
Cast[edit]
- Tanaka Shohei (田中祥平)
- Kagawa Teruyuki as Masaoka Shiki
- Sasano Takato (ささの貴斗)
- Kanno Miho as Masaoka Ritsu
- Ozawa Yukiyoshi as Natsume Soseki
- Ito Shiro as Akiyama Hisayuki
- Takeshita Keiko as Akiyama Tadashi
- Ishihara Satomi as Akiyama Sueko
- Matsu Takako as Sakuma Tami
- Kunimura Jun as Kawakami Soroku
- Osugi Ren as Mutsu Munemitsu
- Matoba Koji as Nagaoka Gaishi
- Tsutsumi Daijiro (堤大二郎) as Iguchi Shogo
- Nishida Toshiyuki as Takahashi Korekiyo
- Takahashi Hideki as Kodama Gentaro
- Harada Mieko as Masaoka Yae
- Takenaka Naoto as Komura Jutaro
- Enoki Takaaki as Mori Ogai
- Ohkura Noriyoshi (大藏教義) as Kawahigashi Hekigoto
- Sano Shiro as Kuga Katsunan
- Oki Satoshi (大木聡) as Hitomi Zengoro
- Morikubo Taiga (森久保大河) as Zenshiro
- Kamio Yu as Kumagai Naoaki
- Kato Go (加藤剛) as Ito Hirobumi
- Fujimoto Takahiro as Takeo Hirose
- Marina Alexandrova (マリーナ・アレクサンドラ) as Ariadna
- Fedorov (ヒョードロフ) as Nicholas II of Russia
- Joe Bunrin (ジョ・ブンリン) as Ding Ruchang
- Watari Tetsuya as Togo Heihachiro
- Miyauchi Atsushi as Fujii Shigeta
- Kataoka Tsurutaro as Yashiro Rokuro
- Shinjitsu Ichiro (真実一路) as Ohara Kanzan
- Kikuchi Masayuki (菊地真之)
- Hinokio Kenta (檜尾健太)
- Jia Hong Wei as Qing military officer
- Abe Shohei
Production Credits[edit]
- Original writing: Shiba Ryotaro (司馬遼太郎) Saka no Ue no Kumo (nonfiction novel)
- Screenwriter: Nozawa Hisashi, Shibata Takeshi (柴田岳志), Sato Mikio (佐藤幹夫)
- Script supervisors: Ikehata Shunsaku (池端俊策), Okazaki Sakae (岡崎栄)
- Chief producers: Nishimura Yoshiki (西村与志木), Kan Yasuhiro (菅康弘), Fujisawa Koichi
- Director: Shibata Takeshi (柴田岳志), Sato Mikio (佐藤幹夫)
Episode Ratings[edit]
| 2009-Nov-29 to 2009-Dec-27 (ep1-5) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode | Subtitle / Scenario | Kanto | Kansai | Nationwide |
| 1 | 少年の国 | 17.7 | ? | ? |
| 2 | 青雲 | 19.6 | ? | ? |
| 3 | 国家鳴動 | 19.5 | ? | ? |
| 4 | 日清戦争 | 17.8 | ? | ? |
| 5 | 留学生 | 12.9 | ? | ? |
| Average | 17.5 | ? | ? | |
| Fall 2010 (ep6-9) | ||||
| 6 | 日英同盟 | 14.7 | ? | ? |
| 7 | 子規、逝く | 15.0 | ? | ? |
| 8 | 日露開戦 | 14.7 | ? | ? |
| 9 | 広瀬、死す | 9.7 | ? | ? |
| Average | 13.5 | ? | ? | |
| Fall 2011 (ep10-13) | ||||
| 10 | 旅順総攻撃 | 12.7 | ? | ? |
| 11 | 二〇三高地 | 11.0 | ? | ? |
| 12 | 敵艦見ゆ | 11.1 | ? | ? |
| 13 | 日本海海戦 | 11.4 | ? | ? |
| Average | 11.6 | ? | ? | |
| Total Average | 14.4 | ? | ? | |
Source: Video Research, Ltd.
Notes[edit]
- Filming locations include China and Russia.
- The production cost is estimated at 60 million yen.