| Saka no ue no kumo (TV series) | |
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Titling by Ryōtarō Shiba |
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| Format | Historical miniseries |
| Written by | Hisashi Nozawa Takeshi Shibata Mikio Satō |
| Directed by | Takeshi Shibata Mikio Satō Taku Katō |
| Narrated by | Ken Watanabe |
| Theme music composer | Yuzō Toyama |
| Ending theme | Stand Alone by Sarah Brightman |
| Composer(s) | Joe Hisaishi |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Language(s) | Japanese |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Yoshiki Nishimura |
| Producer(s) | Yasuhiro Suga Koichi Fujisawa |
| Running time | approx. 90 min. |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NHK |
| Picture format | NTSC 480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital with 5.1 channels (BS-hi) Two-channel stereo (sub channel: Note channel, General TV, BS-2) |
| Original run | November 29, 2009 – December 2011 |
Saka no Ue no Kumo (坂の上の雲) is a current NHK 21 Century special drama which is scheduled to be aired for three years starting from November 29, 2009. 13 episodes, 90 minutes each, have been planned. The first series, with 5 episodes, was broadcast in 2009, while series two and three, each with 4 episodes, are being broadcast in late 2010 and 2011. While most episodes are shot in Japan, one of the episodes in series two is shot in Latvia. The TV series is based on the novel Saka no ue no kumo by Ryōtarō Shiba and adopted by Hisashi Nozawa.[1]
The theme song of the drama series is titled "Stand Alone". It was composed by Joe Hisaishi, written by Kundo Koyama and performed by British soprano singer Sarah Brightman.
Contents |
| Season | Originally aired | DVD release dates | Discs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 2009 | March 15, 2010 | 5 |
| Season 2 | 2010 | Spring, 2011 | 4 |
| Season 3 | 2011 | Spring, 2012 | 4 |
| Season # | Episode # | Title | Directed by | Rating | Original airdate |
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| 1 | 1 | "Shōnen no Kuni" (少年の国) | Takeshi Shibata | 17.7% | November 29, 2009 |
| 2 | 2 | "Seiun" (青雲) | Takeshi Shibata | 19.6% | December 6, 2009 |
| 3 | 3 | "Kokka Meidō" (国家鳴動) | Takeshi Shibata | 19.5% | December 13, 2009 |
| 4 | 4 | "Nisshin Kaisen" (日清開戦) | Takeshi Shibata | 17.8% | December 20, 2009 |
| 5 | 5 | "Ryūgaku Sei" (留学生) | Ryūji Isshiki | 12.9% | December 27, 2009 |
| Season # | Episode # | Title | Directed by | Rating | Original airdate |
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| 1 | 6 | "Nichiei Dōmei" (日英同盟) | Mikio Satō | 14.7% | December 5, 2010 |
| 2 | 7 | "Shiki, Yuku" (子規、逝く) | Mikio Satō | 15.0% | December 12, 2010 |
| 3 | 8 | "Nichiro Kaisen" (日露開戦) | Takafumi Kimura | 14.7% | December 19, 2010 |
| 4 | 9 | "Hirose, Shisu" (広瀬、死す) | Takafumi Kimura | 9.7% | December 26, 2010 |
| Season # | Episode # | Title | Directed by | Rating | Original airdate |
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| 1 | 10 | "Ryojun Sō Kōgeki" (旅順総攻撃) | Taku Kato | 12.7% | December 2011 |
| 2 | 11 | "203 Kōchi" (二〇三高地) | Taku Kato | 11.0% | December 2011 |
| 3 | 12 | "Tekikan Miyu" (敵艦見ゆ) | Takafumi Kimura | 11.1% | December 2011 |
| 4 | 13 | "Nihon Kai Kaisen" (日本海海戦) | December 2011 |
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