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Narrated by
  
Ken Watanabe

Final episode date
  
25 December 2011

8.3/10
IMDb

First episode date
  
29 November 2009

Network
  
NHK

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Written by
  
Hisashi NozawaTakeshi ShibataMikio Satō

Directed by
  
Takeshi ShibataMikio SatōTaku Katō

Starring
  
Masahiro MotokiHiroshi AbeTeruyuki KagawaMiho KannoSatomi IshiharaTakako MatsuMieko HaradaYukiyoshi OzawaTakahiro FujimotoKōji MatobaMasaya KatoShinya OwadaOnoe Kikunosuke VTsurutaro KataokaShirō SanoTakaaki EnokiAkira TakaradaJun KunimuraRen OsugiMasao KusakariKyōko MayaMasakane YonekuraAkira EmotoHiroshi TachiKeiko TakeshitaNaoto TakenakaTōru EmoriShirō ItōKōji IshizakaToshiyuki NishidaGo KatoHideki TakahashiTetsuya Watari

Ending theme
  
Stand Alone by Sarah Brightman

Composer(s)
  
Joe HisaishiYuzō Toyama (Theme Music Conductor)

Theme songs
  
Saka no Ue no Kumo Theme Song, Stand Alone

Writers
  
Ryōtarō Shiba, Hisashi Nozawa, Shunsaku Ikehata, Sakae Okazaki

Cast
  
Masahiro Motoki, Hiroshi Abe, Teruyuki Kagawa, Miho Kanno, Takako Matsu

Similar
  
Ryōmaden, Heart of a Samurai, Gō, Koumyou Ga Tsuji, Sanada Maru

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Saka no Ue no Kumo (坂の上の雲) is an NHK 21st Century special drama which was aired over three years starting from November 29, 2009. The series runs 13 episodes at 90 minutes each. The first series, with 5 episodes, was broadcast in 2009, while series two and three, each with 4 episodes, were broadcast in late 2010 and 2011. While most episodes were shot in Japan, one of the episodes in series two was shot in Latvia. The TV series is based on the novel Saka no ue no kumo by Ryōtarō Shiba and adapted by Hisashi Nozawa.

Contents

The theme song of the drama series is titled "Stand Alone". It was composed by Joe Hisaishi, written by Kundō Koyama and performed by British soprano singer Sarah Brightman.

Staff

  • Original: Ryōtarō Shiba
  • Script: Hisashi Nozawa
  • Music: Joe Hisaishi
  • Titling: Ryōtarō Shiba
  • Historical research: Yasushi Toriumi
  • Narrator: Ken Watanabe
  • Production coordinator: Yasuhiro Kan
  • Casting: Mineyo Satō

    • Akiyama family

  • Masahiro Motoki as Akiyama Saneyuki
  • Hiroshi Abe as Akiyama Yoshifuru
  • Shōta Sometani as young Yoshifuru
  • Shirō Itō as Akiyama Hisataka
  • Keiko Takeshita as Akiyama Sada
  • Takako Matsu as Akiyama Tami

    • Masaoka family

  • Teruyuki Kagawa as Masaoka Shiki
  • Miho Kanno as Masaoka Ritsu
  • Mieko Harada as Masaoka Yae
  • Ichiro Shinjitsu as Ōhara Kanzan
  • Yūto Uemura as Katō Tsunetada
  • Takahiro Fujimoto as Takeo Hirose
  • Tsurutarō Kataoka as Yashiro Rokurō
  • Tetsuya Watari as Tōgō Heihachirō
  • Kōji Ishizaka as Yamamoto Gonbei
  • Masao Kusakari as Katō Tomosaburō
  • Hiroshi Tachi as Shimamura Hayao
  • Masaya Kato as Arima Ryokitsu
  • Akira Nakao as Hidaka Sōnojō
  • Kisuke Iida as Takarabe Takeshi

    • Army officials and their family

  • Kōji Matoba as Gaishi Nagaoka
  • Hideki Takahashi as Kodama Gentarō
  • Tōru Emori as Yamagata Aritomo
  • Masakane Yonekura as Ōyama Iwao
  • Akira Emoto as Nogi Maresuke
  • Kyōko Maya as Nogi Shizuko
  • Shinya Tsukamoto as Akashi Motojiro
  • Jun Kunimura as Kawakami Soroku
  • Takehiro Murata as Ijichi Kōsuke
  • Takaaki Enoki as Mori Rintarō
  • Daijirō Tsutsumi as Iguchi Shōgo
  • Atsushi Miyauchi as Fujii Shigeta

    • Politicians and their family

  • Gō Katō as Itō Hirobumi
  • Toshiyuki Nishida as Takahashi Korekiyo
  • Naoto Takenaka as Komura Jutarō
  • Ren Ōsugi as Mutsu Munemitsu
  • Shinya Owada as Inoue Kaoru
  • Toshiki Ayata as Katsura Tarō

    • Ordinary people

  • Shirō Sano as Kuga Katsunan
  • Kenzō as Kojima Ichinen
  • Yukiyoshi Ozawa as Natsume Sōseki

    • Foreigners

  • Julian Glover as Alfred Thayer Mahan
  • Marina Aleksandrova as Ariadna
  • Timofei Fyodorov as Nicholas II of Russia

    • Others

  • Onoe Kikunosuke V as Emperor Meiji

    • Season 3 : Russo-Japanese War

  • Rating is based on Japanese video research(Kantō region).

    • Awards and nominations

    Saka no Ue no Kumo” (“Cloud Above the Slope”) series were nominated for 38th(2010) and 39th(2011) International Emmy Awards for ‘Best Drama‘ in two consecutive years.

    Soundtrack

  • Saka no ue no kumo Original Soundtrack (December 18, 2009) EMI Music Japan

    • Books

  • NHK Special Drama, Historical handbook, Saka no ue no kumo(October 30, 2009) ISBN 978-4-14-910729-5
  • NHK Special Drama guide, Saka no ue no kumo Part1(October 30, 2009) ISBN 978-4-14-407160-7
  • NHK Special Drama guide, Saka no ue no kumo Part2(October 25, 2010) ISBN 978-4-14-407173-7

    • References

    Saka no Ue no Kumo (TV series) Wikipedia
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