Burning Mountain River

Original title: 山河燃ゆ

• 1984
• •
• Ended

• Drama

★ 8.0 TMDB Rating · 1 votes

The three Amaba brothers are second-generation Japanese Americans, whose allegiances are torn by the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Determined to show his loyalty to his adopted country, Isamu volunteers for the U.S. Army and is shipped off to fight in Europe. A second brother, studying in Japan at the outbreak of hostilities, is conscripted to fight against the Americans as a Japanese soldier. The third brother Kenji (Matsumoto) avoids conflict by enlisting as a military interpreter, in which capacity he witnesses the war crimes trials that followed Japan's defeat.

Created by

Toyoko Yamasaki

Seasons

1

Episodes

51

Episode length

~45m

First aired

Jan 8, 1984

Networks

NHK

Original language

Japanese

Origin

Japan