

The Unbroken
2016-05-08 · Runtime unavailable · ★ 8.7
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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- WOWOW, KADOKAWA Daiei Studio
- Countries
- Japan
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Takaya KamikawaHajime Onchi
Atsuro WatabeShiro Gyoten
Yui NatsukawaRitsuko Onchi
Rei DanMiki Mitsui
Jun KunimuraNobusuke Domoto
Itsuji Itao
Mayumi WakamuraReiko Gyoten
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