Saka no Ue no Kumo (TV series)
| Saka no Ue no Kumo | |
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Titling by Ryōtarō Shiba
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| Written by |
Hisashi Nozawa Takeshi Shibata Mikio Satō |
| Directed by | Takeshi Shibata Mikio Satō Taku Katō |
| Starring |
Masahiro Motoki Hiroshi Abe Teruyuki Kagawa Miho Kanno Satomi Ishihara Takako Matsu Mieko Harada Yukiyoshi Ozawa Takahiro Fujimoto Kōji Matoba Masaya Kato Shinya Owada Onoe Kikunosuke V Tsurutaro Kataoka Shirō Sano Takaaki Enoki Akira Takarada Jun Kunimura Ren Osugi Masao Kusakari Kyōko Maya Masakane Yonekura Akira Emoto Hiroshi Tachi Keiko Takeshita Naoto Takenaka Tōru Emori Shirō Itō Kōji Ishizaka Toshiyuki Nishida Go Kato Hideki Takahashi Tetsuya Watari |
| Narrated by | Ken Watanabe |
| Ending theme | Stand Alone by Sarah Brightman |
| Composer(s) |
Joe Hisaishi Yuzō Toyama (Theme Music Conductor) |
| Country of origin |
 Japan
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| Original 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. |
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| Original network | 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 release | November 29, 2009 – December 2011 |
| Website | |
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.
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.
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.
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