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Takeshi Shibata
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 …
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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.
The seasons
Season 1
Season 01
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Season 2
Season 2
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Season 3
Season 3
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Cast
Masahiro Motoki秋山真之
Hiroshi Abe秋山好古
Miho Kanno正岡律
Takako Matsu秋山多美
Marina Aleksandrovaアリアズナ
Teruyuki Kagawa正岡子規
Mieko Harada正岡八重
Takahiro Fujimoto広瀬武夫
Naoto Takenaka小村寿太郎
Akira Emoto乃木知幸介
Tsurutaro Kataoka八代六郎
Toshiyuki Nishida高橋是清
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Tohru Emori山県有朋
Koji Ishizaka山本権兵衛
Yukiyoshi Ozawa夏目漱石
Koji Matoba長岡外史
Diana Milyutina
Koichi Ueda
Matsunosuke Shofukutei
Yoshikazu Ebisu
Ichiro Shinjitsu
Kenjirou Ishimaru
Leo Morimoto
Takaaki Enoki
Takehiro Murata
Daijiro Tsutsumi井口省吾
Atsushi Miyauchi藤井茂太
Takashi Kobayashi
Shota Sometani
Yuma Sasano
Ai Yoshikawa
Shohei Tanaka
Mitsunori Isaki
Kisuke Iida
Masakane Yonekura大山巌
Sumie Sasaki佐久間家女中・よし
Jun Kunimura川上操六
Ren Osugi陸奥宗光
Akira Takarada
Hideki Takahashi児玉源太郎
Keiko Takeshita秋山貞
Shirō Itō秋山久敬
Gō Katō伊藤博文
Tetsuya Watari東郷平八郎
Yuu Tokui
Shiro Sano陸羯（カツ）南
Junkichi Orimoto長谷川祖吉
Yukijiro Hotaru政吉
Gajirō Satō壮士
Ippei Kanie飯田久恒
Fumito Moriwaki高浜虚子
Masao Kusakari加藤友三郎
Kyoko Maya乃木静子
Toshiki Ayata桂太郎
Satomi Ishihara秋山（稲生）季子
Shinya Tsukamoto明石元二郎
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