Saka no Ue no Kumo.

About Saka no Ue no Kumo

Saka no Ue no Kumo 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.