Saka no Ue no Kumo
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Details
- 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)
- Broadcast network: NHK
- Broadcast period: Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011
- Air time: Sunday 20:00
Synopsis
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
- 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
- Matsu Takako as Sakuma Tami
- Kato Go (加藤剛) as Ito Hirobumi
- Fujimoto Takahiro (藤本隆宏) as Takeo Hirose
- Marina Aleksandra (マリーナ・アレクサンドラ) as Ariadna
- Fyodorov (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 (宮内敦士) 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)
Production Credits
- 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 (藤澤浩一)
- Director: Shibata Takeshi (柴田岳志), Sato Mikio (佐藤幹夫)
Notes
- Filming locations include China and Russia.
- The production cost is estimated at 60 million yen.