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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
1. The Climber's High (NHK / 2005)
2. The Climber's High (2008)
3. The Unbroken | Shizumanu Taiyo (2009)

Cast



Ken Watanabe	Yasuko Matsuyuki	Tomokazu Miura	Kyoka Suzuki	Koji Ishizaka	Teruyuki Kagawa
Hajime Onchi	Miki Mitsui	Shiro Gyoten	Ritsuko Onchi	Masayuki Kunimi	Kazuo Yagi



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



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



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

Additional Cast Members:

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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)

Comments

Comment #1
Paul Lau Says:
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.