Shizumanu Taiyō (沈まぬ太陽) (lit. The Never-setting Sun) 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 which centers on Hajime Onchi, an employee of "NAL," a large national airline. The first part of the novel focuses on Onchi's activity as the chairman of the employees' union in the 1960s; 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 second and third parts of the novel take place in 1985 and chronicle the crash of a jumbo jet and its aftermath within the company.
The events portrayed in the story are based upon actual events that took place at Japan Airlines. The character of Onchi is based upon JAL labor organizer and author Hirotaro Ogura, and the pivotal crash portrayed in the novel is based closely upon the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123 (up to having the same flight number and taking place at the same location, date and time). Several politicians and JAL executives portrayed in the story are also based on real-world counterparts. JAL objected strongly to both the novel and the film, stating that they were defamatory to the airline and disrespected the victims of the actual Flight 123. The novel claims to be a work based upon real-life events, while the film claims to be entirely a work of fiction.
The cast of the film includes Ken Watanabe as Onchi, with Kōji Ishizaka, Kyōko Suzuki, Yasuko Matsuyuki and Tomokazu Miura in supporting roles. The violininst Diana Yukawa, whose father died in the real-world crash of JAL Flight 123, 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.
shizumanu, taiyō, 沈まぬ太陽, never, setting, 2009, japanese, film, directed, setsurō, wakamatsu, also, known, unbroken, united, states, film, posterjapanese沈まぬ太陽directed, bysetsurō, wakamatsuwritten, bytakuya, nishiokaproduced, bytaiichi, inouestarringken, watanab. Shizumanu Taiyō 沈まぬ太陽 lit The Never setting Sun is a 2009 Japanese film directed by Setsurō Wakamatsu It is also known as The Unbroken in the United States Shizumanu TaiyōFilm posterJapanese沈まぬ太陽Directed bySetsurō WakamatsuWritten byTakuya NishiokaProduced byTaiichi InoueStarringKen WatanabeTomokazu MiuraMusic byNorihito SumitomoProductioncompanyKadokawa PicturesDistributed byTohoRelease dateOctober 24 2009 2009 10 24 Running time202 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapaneseBudget2 8 billion yenShizumanu Taiyō is based on a novel by Toyoko Yamasaki which centers on Hajime Onchi an employee of NAL a large national airline The first part of the novel focuses on Onchi s activity as the chairman of the employees union in the 1960s 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 second and third parts of the novel take place in 1985 and chronicle the crash of a jumbo jet and its aftermath within the company The events portrayed in the story are based upon actual events that took place at Japan Airlines The character of Onchi is based upon JAL labor organizer and author Hirotaro Ogura and the pivotal crash portrayed in the novel is based closely upon the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123 up to having the same flight number and taking place at the same location date and time Several politicians and JAL executives portrayed in the story are also based on real world counterparts JAL objected strongly to both the novel and the film stating that they were defamatory to the airline and disrespected the victims of the actual Flight 123 The novel claims to be a work based upon real life events while the film claims to be entirely a work of fiction The cast of the film includes Ken Watanabe as Onchi with Kōji Ishizaka Kyōko Suzuki Yasuko Matsuyuki and Tomokazu Miura in supporting roles The violininst Diana Yukawa whose father died in the real world crash of JAL Flight 123 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 Contents 1 Awards and nominations 2 Cast 3 References 4 External linksAwards and nominations Edit34th Hochi Film Award 1 Won Best Film Won Best Actor Ken Watanabe33rd Japan Academy Prize 2 Won Best Film Won Best Actor Ken WatanabeCast EditKen Watanabe as Hajime Onchi Tomokazu Miura as Shiro Gyoten Teruyuki Kagawa as Kazuo Yagi Kyōka Suzuki as Ritsuko Onchi Erika Toda as Junko Onchi Go Kato as the prime minister Yasushi Tonegawa based on Yasuhiro Nakasone Nenji Kobayashi as the deputy prime minister Takemaru based on Shin Kanemaru Tōru Shinagawa as Issei Ryuzaki based on Ryuzō Sejima Kōji Ishizaka as Masayuki Kunimi Tae Kimura as Natsuko Suzuki Yasuko Matsuyuki as Miki MitsuiReferences Edit 報知映画賞ヒストリー in Japanese Cinema Hochi Archived from the original on 12 March 2009 Retrieved 12 January 2010 日本アカデミー賞概要 in Japanese Japanese Academy Prize Retrieved 15 February 2012 External links EditShizumanu Taiyō at IMDb This article related to a Japanese film of the 2000s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shizumanu Taiyō amp oldid 1110555103, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
