TV series
Clouds Over the Hill
2009–2011, Japanese, on NHK BS1. Created by Hisashi Nozawa & Ryōtarō Shiba.
Saka no Ue no Kumo 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 adopted by Hisashi Nozawa. 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.
- Seasons
- 3
- Episodes
- 13
- Episode length
- Varies
- Status
- Ended in 2011
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Latest episode
S3 E13: "Nihon Kai Kaisen" (日本海海戦)
Aired 25 December 2011
Seasons 3
Cast & crew
- Hisashi NozawaCreator
- Ryōtarō ShibaCreator
- Masahiro Motoki秋山真之 · 13 ep
- Hiroshi Abe秋山好古 · 13 ep
- Miho Kanno正岡律 · 13 ep
- Takako Matsu秋山多美 · 13 ep
- Marina Aleksandrovaアリアズナ · 13 ep
- Teruyuki Kagawa正岡子規 · 9 ep
- Mieko Harada正岡八重 · 9 ep
- Takahiro Fujimoto広瀬武夫 · 9 ep
- Naoto Takenaka小村寿太郎 · 9 ep
- Akira Emoto乃木知幸介 · 9 ep
- Tsurutaro Kataoka八代六郎 · 9 ep
- Toshiyuki Nishida高橋是清 · 9 ep
Details
- First aired
- 29 November 2009
- Last aired
- 25 December 2011
- Network
- NHK BS1
- Original title
- 坂の上の雲
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
- Type
- Scripted
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Clouds Over the Hill has 3 seasons and 13 episodes.
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Who created Clouds Over the Hill?
Clouds Over the Hill was created by Hisashi Nozawa and Ryōtarō Shiba and stars Masahiro Motoki, Hiroshi Abe, Miho Kanno.