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), Takuya Nishioka
- Producer: Shigeo Minakami, Tsuguhiko Kadokawa
- Cinematographer: Mutsuo Naganuma
- Release Date: October 24, 2009
- Runtime: 202 min.
- Genre: Based on True Story / Airline / Best Film-Movie of the Year
- 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.
- Related titles: (based on the same novel):
- The Unbroken | Shizumanu Taiyo (2009)
- Shizumanu Taiyo (WOWOW / 2016)
- Other titles based on the 1985 plane crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123
- The Climber's High (NHK / 2005)
- The Climber's High (2008)
Cast
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| Ken Watanabe | Yasuko Matsuyuki | Tomokazu Miura | Kyoka Suzuki | Koji Ishizaka |
| Hajime Onchi | Miki Mitsui | Shiro Gyoten | Ritsuko Onchi | Masayuki Kunimi |
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| Teruyuki Kagawa | Go Kato | Tae Kimura | Mayu Tsuruta | Takashi Kashiwabara |
| Kazuo Yagi | P.M. Taiji Tonegawa | Natsuko Suzuki | Harumi Fuse | Katsumi Onchi |
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| Erika Toda | Ren Osugi | Masahiko Nishimura | Toshio Shiba | Toru Kazama |
| Junko Onchi | Masatsugu Wako | Tadatsugu Hachiuma | Nobusuke Domoto | Toru Sawaizumi |
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| Shun Sugata | Shigeru Koyama | Mitsuko Kusabue | Ken Utsui | Tatsuo Yamada |
| Tatsuro Shikata | Mamoru Hiyama | Masae Onchi | Seiichiro Sakaguchi | Yasuo Furumiz |
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| Takehiko Ono | Kenichi Yajima | Toru Shinagawa | Ken Tanaka | Misa Shimizu |
| Ichiro Michizuka | Taketaro Aoyama | Kazukiyo Ryuzaki | Keisuke Inoyama | Shuko Oyamada |
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| Nao Matsushita | Nenji Kobayashi |
| Kyoko Higuch | Tetsujiro Takemaru |
Additional Cast Members:
- Masaomi Hiraga - Taimei Ide
- Akihito Yoshiie
- Yoko Akino
- Chinu Izumi
- Riko Suzuki
- Shuko
- Fumitaka Terai
- Yutaka Gobuichi
- Seiya Nakano
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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)
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- Toho distributed films
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Paul Lau Apr 24 2012 8:34 pm Where can I buy a copy of this movie (in DVD format) "The Unbroken/The Sun That Doesn't Set" with English sub-title in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia? I have tried in many local outlets but without success. Please help. Thank you.