The Unbroken
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- Movie: The Unbroken / The Sun That Doesn't Set
- Romaji: Shizumanu Taiyo
- Japanese: 沈まぬ太陽
- Director: Setsuro Wakamatsu
- Writer: Toyoko Yamasaki (novel)
- Producer: Shigeo Minakami, Tsuguhiko Kadokawa
- Cinematographer: Mutsuo Naganuma
- Release Date: October 24, 2009
- Runtime: 202 min.
- Studio: Kadokawa Pictures
- Distributor: Toho
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Hajime Onchi (Ken Watanabe) works for Goku Airlines. He becomes the head of the labor union and fights to improve working conditions for the workers. The corporate bosses at Goku Airlines doesn't take kindly to Hajime's efforts and soon banishes him to distant work locations. Hajime spends the next ten years working in branch offices located in Pakistan, Iran, and Kenya. His corporate bosses offer to bring him back to Japan if he would leave the union and apologize for his actions. Hajime refuses.
Meanwhile, his fellow labor union partner, Shiro Gyoten (Tomokazu Miura), has long sold out to management and is climbing the ranks in the corporate office. Hajime feels betrayed by his co-worker, but stoically works in Kenya with nothing much else to do except watch the sun.
Finally, after 10 years in exile, Hajime is ordered back to the head office in Japan. But everything is not roses on his return. His co-workers like Kazuo Yagi (Teruyuki Kagawa) are bullied for their labor union actions, while sellouts like Shiro Gyoten are rapidly ascending the corporate ladder. Hajime's new job is a difficult one as well. The worst airline accident in Japanese history then occurs. A Goku jumbo jet crashes and kills hundreds of passengers. Hajime is assigned to console the victim's families and provide restitution to those families ...
Notes
- "The Unbroken" (Shizumanu Taiyo) is expected to cost over 2 billion yen ($20 million USD) and have a running time over 3 hours.
- Based on Toyoko Yamasaki's best selling novel concerning the 1985 plane crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123, that caused 520 deaths -- the most in Japanese aviation history.
- Filming took place in Iran, Kenya, New York, and Japan.
- Other tiltles based on the 1985 plane crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123
- The Climber's High (NHK / 2005)
- The Climber's High (2008)
- The Unbroken | Shizumanu Taiyo (2009)
Cast
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| Ken Watanabe | Yasuko Matsuyuki | Tomokazu Miura | Kyoka Suzuki | Koji Ishizaka | Teruyuki Kagawa |
| Hajime Onchi | Miki Mitsui | Shiro Gyoten | Ritsuko Onchi | Masayuki Kunimi | Kazuo Yagi |
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| Go Kato | Tae Kimura | Mayu Tsuruta | Takashi Kashiwabara | Erika Toda | Ren Osugi | Masahiko Nishimura |
| P.M. Taiji Tonegawa | Natsuko Suzuki | Harumi Fuse | Katsumi Onchi | Junko Onchi | Masatsugu Wako | Tadatsugu Hachiuma |
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| Toshio Shiba | Toru Kazama | Shun Sugata | Shigeru Koyama | Mitsuko Kusabue | Ken Utsui | Tatsuo Yamada |
| Nobusuke Domoto | Toru Sawaizumi | Tatsuro Shikata | Mamoru Hiyama | Masae Onchi | Seiichiro Sakaguchi | Yasuo Furumiz |
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| Takehiko Ono | Kenichi Yajima | Toru Shinagawa | Ken Tanaka | Misa Shimizu | Nao Matsushita | Nenji Kobayashi |
| Ichiro Michizuka | Taketaro Aoyama | Kazukiyo Ryuzaki | Keisuke Inoyama | Shuko Oyamada | Kyoko Higuchi | Tetsujiro Takemaru |
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Awards
- 2010 (33rd) Japan Academy Prize - March 5, 2010
- "Picture of the Year"
- "Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role" (Ken Watanabe)
- "Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing" (Takao Arai)
- 2010 Elan D’or Award - February 4, 2010
- "TV Taro Award (Best Film)"
- 2009 (22nd) Nikkan Sports Film Awards - December 4, 2009
- "Best Supporting Actor" (Tomokazu Miura)
- 2009 (34th) Hochi Film Awards - November, 2009
- "Best Picture"
- "Best Actor" (Ken Watanabe)
