Above the Clouds
2003, Japanese. Directed by Katsuya Tomita.
In some lonely countryside, or more precisely, in the smaller district where the word “community” still fits perfectly, there is an old temple with a red rusty roof. The temple is called Kôun’in whose roof has a tale passed down from ancient times. The tale is based on the myth of dragon god: Once upon a time at a brumous crack of dawn, all kinds of snakes magically flocked to a waterfall. As soon as they merged into a single huge serpent, it started to fly up heavenward. But when it incarnadined his body with the red color of the roof, it transformed itself into a rising dragon.
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 1 January 2003
- Original title
- 雲の上
- Country
- Japan
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Above the Clouds runs 112 minutes (1h 52m).
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Above the Clouds isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 2003. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Above the Clouds?
Above the Clouds (2003) was directed by Katsuya Tomita and stars Toranosuke Aizawa, Masahide Nishimura, Tsuyoshi Takano.