Sunday, December 5, 2010

十二月五日(junigatsu itsuka): December 5

The second part of the three years NHK's special drama has begun. It consists of 13 episodes. There were 5 episodes last year. There will be 4 episodes this year. Each story lasts for 90 minutes.
The title is Saka no Ue no Kumo (坂の上の雲), literally the cloud upon the slope. The story was written by a famous writer, Shiba Ryotaro (司馬遼太郎).
It is a story of Akiyama Yoshifuru (秋山好古), and his younger brother Akiyama Saneyuki (秋山真之), and a poet Masaoka Shiki (正岡子規) in the Meiji era. All of them were born and brought up in Matsuyama, Ehime (愛媛県松山市).

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