Saka no Ue no Kumo (2009)
- Original title
- 坂の上の雲
- Directed by
- Shibata Takeshi, Sato Mikio
- Cast
- Motoki Masahiro, Akiyama Saneyuki, Kobayashi Ren, Abe Hiroshi, Akiyama Yoshifuru, Sometani Shota, Kagawa Teruyuki, Masaoka Shiki
- Genre
- Japanese television drama
- Country
- Japan
- Length
- 3 seasons, 13 episodes
- Rating
- 7.7 of 10 from 14 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is a Japanese war drama based on a novel. It follows historical events during the Meiji era, focusing on Japan's modernization and its military conflicts. The series shows the lives of key figures involved in that period.
historicalslow-burnepicsomberdetailedreflectiveambitiousaustere
What happens
Saka no Ue no Kumo (坂の上の雲; lit. 'Clouds Over the Hills') is a Japanese war drama television series which was aired on NHK over three years, from November 29, 2009, to December 2011, as a special taiga drama. The series runs 13 episodes at 90 minutes each. The first season, with 5 episodes, was broadcast in 2009, while seasons 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 season two was shot in Latvia. The TV series is based on the 1968 novel of the same name by Ryōtarō Shiba and adapted by Hisashi Nozawa. Executive producer Yoshiko Nishimura acquired the rights to the novel from Shiba's widow Midori Fukuda in 2001, after decades of the author refusing to let anyone adapt his controversial work for the screen. The NHK officially announced their intention to adapt the novel in 2003, though shooting would only begin in 2008. The series is the first taiga drama to be mainly set during the Meiji era, thus its production encountered more difficulties than usual in achieving an accurate depiction of its setting. It is now the most expensive taiga drama ever produced. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Atsuhime (2008)- More like this series, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.