Shizumanu Taiyou-JDrama WOWOW (2016)

Shizumanu Taiyou-JDrama WOWOW (2016)

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

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.

Drama 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