Clouds Over the Hill

Season 3 Episode 4: "Nihon Kai Kaisen" (日本海海戦)

Japanese combined fleet destroyed the Baltic Fleet by a daring Crossing, tactic overwhelmingly defeated the Baltic Fleet. However, Japanese national power reached its limit. Japan concluded the peace treaty with Russia through the intermediation of the U.S. but Japan was not able to get reparations from Russia. Inside the country, newspapers criticized the government, saying “weak-kneed peace” and people who had frustration with it set fires in Hibiya. Saneyuki returned to Japan suffering distress. He told his wife Sueko “I saw too many deaths… I want to leave the Navy.” Meiji Japan, “Land of the children” had been trying to climb the slope as hard as it can, aiming toward the cloud above the slope. However, a bright future was not all that is ahead of them. The story reaches a conclusion while stippling the ways of life of Saneyuki and Yoshifuru.

Genre:

War & Politics, Drama

Seasons:

3

Episodes:

13

Actor:

Masahiro Motoki, Hiroshi Abe, Miho Kanno

Quality:

HD

Status:

Ended

First Air:

2009

IMDb:

8.2