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The Unbroken

The Unbroken

20167.71 Season20 EpisodesEnded

Overview

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.

Created by Yoichi Maekawa
Written by Yoichi Maekawa, Toyoko Yamasaki
Produced by Takehisa Tokuda, Yasunori Aoki, Naoto Inaba
NetworksWOWOW Prime

Top Cast

Takaya Kamikawa

Takaya Kamikawa

Hajime Onchi

Atsuro Watabe

Atsuro Watabe

Shiro Gyoten

Yui Natsukawa

Yui Natsukawa

Ritsuko Onchi

Rei Dan

Rei Dan

Miki Mitsui

Jun Kunimura

Jun Kunimura

Nobusuke Domoto

Itsuji Itao

Itsuji Itao

Mayumi Wakamura

Mayumi Wakamura

Reiko Gyoten

Kotaro Koizumi

Kotaro Koizumi

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or booklabor unionlabor rightscorporate corruption

About The Unbroken

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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