Details
Title: 山河燃ゆ
Title (romaji): Sanga Moyu
Title (English): Burning Mountain River
Episodes: 51
Format: Renzoku
Genre: World War II based renzoku drama
Air time: Sunday, 21:00 JST
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast period: 1984-Jan-08 to 1984-Dec-23
Viewership ratings: 30.5 (1st ep), 30.5 (higest ep), 21.1 (average)
Synopsis
The 22nd NHK Taiga Drama is Sanga Moyu. Set in the 1940s, the drama covers the fates of Japanese immigrants to the US and their in Japan remaining families before and during World War II.
Cast
Matsumoto Koshiro
Nishida Toshiyuki
Sawada Kenji
Ohara Reiko
Mifune Toshiro
Production Credits
Original writing: Yamasaki Toyoko (山崎豊子)
Scenario: Ichikawa Shinichi (市川森一)
Music: Hayashi Hikaru (林光)
Notes
This is so far the only drama in the history of the Taiga drama series in which the setting is within the Showa period.
Original radio broadcasts and historical film material are used occasionally.
