Clouds Over the Hill - Season 1 Episode 4 "Nisshin Kaisen" (日清開戦)
In 1894, Russia advances policy of southward expansion, Qing Dynasty says that Korea is its vassal state and Japan want to build new footing. Among the three countries, Korea had been swinging. The war broke out between Japan and the Qing Dynasty which stems from the run of so-called party Donghak that occurred there. Yoshifuru campaigns with Marenori Nogi to participate in the attack of the Port Arthur fortress. Yoshifuru felt out Katuaki’s view of the enemy’s position, leading the cavalry. The total attack is initiated based on that report, and the Port Arthur has fallen in a day. The following year, Shiki who works as a reporter for "Japan" newspaper appeals to Katsunan Kuga, an editor in chief, and he becomes a war correspondent and leaves for the battlefront of Qing. However, a peace negotiation between the two governments already had begun. Shiki and Rintaro Mori, a surgeon he met inside around the villages that were destroyed, talk about the war. Saneyuki also participates in the actual battle in the "Tsukushi" cruiser for the first time and the real horrors shocks him to allow subordinates to die. Saneyuki returned and had an opportunity to talk with Heihachiro Togo.
Year: 2011
Genre: War & Politics, Drama
Country:
Studio: NHK BS1
Director: Hisashi Nozawa, Ryōtarō Shiba
Cast: Masahiro Motoki, Hiroshi Abe, Miho Kanno, Takako Matsu, Marina Aleksandrova
Crew:
First Air Date: Nov 29, 2009
Last Air date: Dec 25, 2011
Season: 3 Season
Episode: 13 Episode
Runtime: 26 minutes
IMDb: 8.10/10 by 11.00 users
Popularity: 1.373
Language: English, Japanese
Keyword : russo-japanese war
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