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When an English professor becomes obsessed with a handsome new colleague, her already complicated marriage and career are thrown into total chaos.


WOWOW brings acclaimed author Toyoko Yamasaki's 1999 literary tour de force to life on the small screen for the very first time. Audiences have already received television adaptations of Yamasaki's other works – The Ivory Tower (白い巨塔), The Grand Family (華麗なる一族), The Waste Land (不毛地帯), A Son of the Good Earth (大地の子), and My Destiny (運命の人) – and can now add The Unbroken (沈まぬ太陽) to that list with this long-awaited production. Features a star-studded cast and additional filming on location in Africa and the Middle East.

Takaya Kamikawa
Hajime Onchi

Atsuro Watabe
Shiro Gyoten

Yui Natsukawa
Ritsuko Onchi

Rei Dan
Miki Mitsui

Jun Kunimura
Nobusuke Domoto

Itsuji Itao

Mayumi Wakamura
Reiko Gyoten

Kotaro Koizumi
The Unbroken is a drama series that first aired in 2016 exploring themes of based on novel or book, labor union, labor rights, corporate corruption. Created by Yoichi Maekawa, it stars Takaya Kamikawa, Atsuro Watabe, Yui Natsukawa. WOWOW brings acclaimed author Toyoko Yamasaki's 1999 literary tour de force to life on the small screen for the very first time. Audiences have already received television adaptations of Yamasaki's other works – The Ivory Tower (白い巨塔), The Grand Family (華麗なる一族), The Waste Land (不毛地帯), A Son of the Good Earth (大地の子), and My Destiny (運命の人) – and can now add The Unbroken (沈まぬ太陽) to that list with this long-awaited production. Features a star-studded cast and additional filming on location in Africa and the Middle East.
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