Shizumanu Taiyō
| Shizumanu Taiyō | |
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| Directed by | Setsurō Wakamatsu |
| Starring | Ken Watanabe |
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| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Shizumanu Taiyō (沈まぬ太陽) is a 2009 Japanese film directed by Setsurō Wakamatsu. It is also known as The Unbroken in the United States.
Shizumanu Taiyō is based on a novel by Toyoko Yamasaki. Set in the 1960s, the story centers on Hajime Onchi, the chairman of the employees' union for a large national airline corporation. His reward for fighting for better working conditions for the staff is a series of postings abroad, to Pakistan, Iran, and finally Kenya, a destination to which the company does not even fly.
The cast includes Ken Watanabe as Hajime Onchi, Kōji Ishizaka, Kyōko Suzuki, Yasuko Matsuyuki and Tomokazu Miura. Shizumanu Taiyō is the biggest budget feature film Japan has ever produced.
The violininst Diana Yukawa, whose father died in the crash of JAL 123 that is featured in the plot, was involved in the music for the film.
The premiere was on 24 October 2009 in Ginza. Yukawa performed "Little Prayer", the track she recorded for the film.
Awards and nominations
34th Hochi Film Award[1]
- Won: Best Film
- Won: Best Actor - Ken Watanabe
- Won: Best Film
- Won: Best Actor - Ken Watanabe
References
- ^ "報知映画賞ヒストリー" (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
- ^ "日本アカデミー賞概要" (in Japanese). Japanese Academy Prize. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
External links
- Shizumanu Taiyō at IMDb
- Narratives on the World's Worst Plane Crash: Flight JL123 in Print and on Screen (by Hood, C.P. (2009), Research Seminar Paper, Ref No.7, Cardiff Crimes Narrative Network, Cardiff University - http://www.cf.ac.uk/chri/research/cnic/)
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