Słowo kluczowe Russo Japanese War

Krwawe oblężenie strategicznego portu na Pacyfiku posłużyło japońskim twórcom do stworzenia spektakularnej trzygodzinnej wojennej epopei. Port Arthur był główną rosyjską bazą morską na Dalekim Wschodzie podczas wojny rosyjsko-japońskiej i l stał się jednym z celów Cesarstwa Japonii. Cała operacja rozpoczęła się 5 maja 1904 roku, kiedy 2 Armia Japonii generała Oku wylądowała w Pi-c-wo. Po ciężkich walkach wojska japońskie rozpoczęły długie oblężenie Port Arthur. Ostateczny cios Japończycy zadali na początku grudnia. Rezultatem brutalnej wojny było zajęcie bazy morskiej przez Japonię i zatopienie prawie całej rosyjskiej Floty Pacyfiku.

Anna and Kitty. Two lives. One of desperate passion that ends in tragedy, the other, an existence made real through love. Two destinies that interweave, giving rise to two, so very different stories, yet lived in pursuit of the same desire- to find a love that lets them fully be themselves, to live without having to conform to society’s pretenses.

Saka no Ue no Kumo is an NHK 21st Century special drama which was aired over three years starting from November 29, 2009. The series runs 13 episodes at 90 minutes each. The first series, with 5 episodes, was broadcast in 2009, while series 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 series two was shot in Latvia. The TV series is based on the novel Saka no ue no kumo by Ryōtarō Shiba and adopted by Hisashi Nozawa. The theme song of the drama series is titled "Stand Alone". It was composed by Joe Hisaishi, written by Kundo Koyama and performed by British soprano singer Sarah Brightman.

An epic of love and death that depicts how soldiers and ordinary people lived and fought during the Russo-Japanese War, when Japan's very existence was at stake in the face of the great power of Russia.

In late-19th-century Russian high society, St. Petersburg aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the dashing Count Alexei Vronsky. An eight part adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina" from Vronsky's point of view.