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Title: 沈まぬ太陽
Title (romaji): Shizumanu Taiyou
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~
**Notes**
Based on the novel "Shizumanu Taiyo" by Toyoko Yamasaki (published from 1995 to 1999 in weekly magazine Shukan Shincho).
Filming begins at the end of December, 2015 and finishes in mid May, 2016. Some portions of the filming will take place in Africa and the Middle East.
Drama series contains 20 episodes which is the most aired by WOWOW to date.
**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
Main Cast**
Kamikawa Takaya as Onchi Hajime
Watabe Atsuro as Gyoten Shiro
Natsukawa Yui as Onchi Ritsuko
Itao Itsuji as Hachiuma Tadatsugu
Wakamura Mayumi as Gyoten Reiko
Kunimura Jun as Domoto Shinsuke
Komoto Masahiro as Shikata Shinichiro
Hakamada Yoshihiko as Hata Tatsuzo
Horibe Keisuke as Mihara Joji
Hasegawa Kyoko as Ogawa Akiko
Mimura as Kumano
Aso Yumi as Sugiuchi Yoshimi
Asakura Aki as Onchi Junko
Sakurada Hiyori as young Junko (ep7-8)
Takashima Kotoha (高嶋琴羽) as child Junko
Izumi Soji (和泉崇司) as Onchi Katsuki
Matsushima Kaito (松島海斗) as young Katsuki (ep7-8)
Takagi Yuma (高木勇真) as child Katsuki
**Part 2**
Nagatsuka Kyozo as Kunimi Masayuki
Ishimaru Kanji as Ishiguro
Takashima Masanobu as Todorogi Tetsuya
Jinnai Takanori as Iwago Sosuke
Sano Shiro as Unno Noboru
Masu Takeshi as Mitsunari Michio
Hirata Mitsuru as Wako
Hira Mikijiro as Tonegawa
Hashizume Isao as Ryuzaki Issei
Hamada Manabu as Okabe
Hotaru Yukijiro
**Others**
Okayama Hajime (ep1,8-9)
Na Hana (菜葉菜) as Nishino Chieko (ep9-10,12-13,16)
Shimojo Atom (下條アトム) (ep9-10)
Yamamoto Kei as Sakaguchi Seiichiro (ep9-13)
Nakamura Eriko (中村映里子) as Ide Shoko (ep9)
Ikeda Narushi (ep11-13)
Nakamura Ikuji (中村育二) (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 (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)
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