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.

The young girl, Xiao Yu, returned to her hometown in memory under the guidance of God-Sheep, and uncovered an unknown secret of her grandma. She reconnected the deep emotional relationships between her, her hometown, and her grandma there.

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In 1885, while his regiment is sent to the Sudan to battle the rebellious Dervish tribes, British Lieutenant Harry Faversham resigns his officer's commission in order to remain with his fiancée Mary Burroughs in England. His friends and fellow officers John Durrance, Peter Burroughs and Tom Willoughby brand him a coward and present him with the white feathers of cowardice. His fiancée, Mary, adds a fourth feather and breaks off their engagement. However, former Lieutenant Faversham decides to regain his honor by fighting in the Sudan incognito.

A day following workers at an airport

After a traumatic event, two neighbors come together in a community of contiguous houses, which creeps into nature’s threshold, to celebrate freedom. An ecosystem simultaneously in decay and growth opens up to the observation and construction of the facets of a suburban neighborhood in Southern California. The connections between landscape, neighbors, and environment ruminate on the American dream and its resonances.

After a traumatic event, two neighbors come together in a community of contiguous houses, which creeps into nature’s threshold, to celebrate freedom. An ecosystem simultaneously in decay and growth opens up to the observation and construction of the facets of a suburban neighborhood in Southern California. The connections between landscape, neighbors, and environment ruminate on the American dream and its resonances.

In this 2007 documentary, produced by the Criterion Collection, actors Joan Allen, Kevin Kline, Tobey Maguire, Chrstina Ricci, Sigourney Weaver, and Elijah Wood reflect on the making of the film and how it affected their careers. (taken from the info on The Ice Storm Criterion disc)

A deadly virus outbreak puts a hospital in total lockdown, and various people trapped in the crisis must confront a deluge of agonizing choices.

When a blizzard hits an isolated island town it brings with it a mysterious stranger intent on terrorizing the people for a sinister purpose.