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 1** Dan Rei as Mitsui Miki Koizumi Kotaro as Sawaizumi Masao Kusakari Tamiyo as Yoko Higgins Furuya Ikko as Hiyama Mamoru Watanabe Dai as Yagi Hasegawa Tomoharu as Sakurai Hitoshi Hashimoto Satoshi as Hamada Manji Aijima Kazuyuki as Odawara Moro Morooka as Kume Sakata Masanobu as Takemura Kusano Ini (草野イニ) as Murata Iwasaki Hiromi as Noriko Tajima Reiko as Onchi Masae Tokushige Satoshi as Nakagawa Nagashima Toshiyuki as Shimazu Tsurumi Shingo as Kogure **Others** Maihane Mimi as Maruyama Chiho (ep1,8-9) Nomo Gakuji (ノモガクジ) (ep1,8) Morioka Yutaka (森岡豊) (ep1,8) Okayama Hajime (ep1,8-9) **RAWS PROVIDED BY DoA**