Details
- Title: 沈まぬ太陽
- Title (romaji): Shizumanu Taiyou
- Title (English): The Unbroken
- Format: Renzoku
- Genre: Corporate
- Episodes: 20
- Broadcast network: WOWOW
- Broadcast periods:
- Part 1: 2016-May-08 to 2016-Jun-26 (ep1-8)
- Part 2: 2016-Jul-10 to 2016-Sep-25 (ep9-20)
- Air time: Sunday 22:00
Synopsis
Onchi Hajime is the labour union leader of a national airline. He and his deputy Gyoten Shiro seek to improve the poor working conditions which can cause fatal accidents, and have intense confrontations with the airline's top management. However, Onchi is relegated to a remote place overseas while the pragmatic Gyoten ingratiates himself with the people at the top and moves up. Not long after that, a large passenger aircraft of the national airline crashes in an unprecedented tragedy. Returning to Japan, Onchi is put in charge of the bereaved families and engages them sincerely. Meanwhile, the Japanese government demands that Kunimi Masayuki of a cotton spinning business, become the airline's new chairman in order to rebuild the company. Onchi is given the role to conduct an inquiry into the improprieties rampant in the organisation by Kunimi, but discovers that Gyoten, who has climbed to the position of managing director, stands in his way. -- Jdrama Weblog
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Cast
Main Cast
Others / Guests
Listed in order of appearance.
- Maihane Mimi as Maruyama Chiho (ep1,8-9)
- Nomo Gakuji (ep1,8)
- Morioka Yutaka (ep1,8)
- Okayama Hajime (ep1,8-9)
- Sasahara Naoki as Gyoten Taro (ep5-6)
- Na Hana (菜葉菜) as Nishino Chieko (ep9-10,12-13,16)
- Shimojo Atom (ep9-10)
- Yamamoto Kei as Sakaguchi Seiichiro (ep9-13)
- Nakamura Eriko as Ide Shoko (ep9)
- Ikeda Narushi (ep11-13)
- Nakamura Ikuji (ep11-13)
- Toda Naho as Suzuki Natsuko (ep11-13,20)
- Muroi Shigeru (ep11-13)
- Mitsubayashi Kyoko as Suzuki Eiko (ep11)
- Kashiwabara Shuji (ep12-13)
- Hoshida Hidetoshi (星田英利) (ep13,19)
- Ayata Toshiki (ep13,17)
- Katsurayama Shingo (ep13-14)
- Ibu Masato as Nagata (ep13-20)
- Kudo Asuka as Okura Kozo (ep13,16,20)
- Ikeda Misaki (池田光咲) as Onchi Mayumi (ep13-14)
- Koichi Mantaro as Kawada (ep14-20)
- Iida Kisuke as Nakatani (ep14-20)
- Osugi Ren as Ibe Tatsuo (ep14-15)
- Oomasa Aya as Nana (ep15-20)
- Nukumizu Youichi as Hosoi Mamoru (ep15-20)
- Harada Taizo as Sasamoto (ep15)
- Dankan (ep16)
- All Hanshin (オール阪神) (ep16)
- Watanabe Tetsu (ep16)
- Sasaki Nozomi (ep16-20)
- Hiraoka Takuma (ep16)
- Charlotte Kate Fox (ep17)
- Honda Hirotaro (ep18-20)
- Nishioka Tokuma (ep19-20)
- Haba Yuichi (ep19-20)
- Kataoka Ainosuke (ep20)
Production Crs
Notes
- The first drama out of two to commemorate WOWOW's 25th anniversary. The other is Cold Case.
- 20 episodes in total, making it the longest-running WOWOW drama to date.
- Story is based on the Japan Airlines Flight 123 accident in 1985.
- Filming included overseas locations such as Africa and the Middle East.
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