Shizumanu Taiyo
Drama
沈まぬ太陽
2016/05/08
Character count168,327
Word count72,185
Unique words8,439
Words (1-occurrence)4,031
Unique kanji1,635
Kanji (1-occurrence)234
Difficulty beta
Average
Episodes20
External Rating
80 %

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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Genres
Drama
Subdecks
Episode 1
Character count8,973
Word count3,762
Unique words1,290
Words (1-occurrence)849
Unique kanji684
Kanji (1-occurrence)284
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 2
Character count9,048
Word count3,962
Unique words1,132
Words (1-occurrence)697
Unique kanji571
Kanji (1-occurrence)220
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 3
Character count7,843
Word count3,381
Unique words1,062
Words (1-occurrence)688
Unique kanji549
Kanji (1-occurrence)212
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 4
Character count8,285
Word count3,596
Unique words1,187
Words (1-occurrence)769
Unique kanji608
Kanji (1-occurrence)255
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 5
Character count7,549
Word count3,142
Unique words1,119
Words (1-occurrence)716
Unique kanji582
Kanji (1-occurrence)257
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 6
Character count7,168
Word count3,086
Unique words954
Words (1-occurrence)609
Unique kanji512
Kanji (1-occurrence)218
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 7
Character count7,106
Word count2,962
Unique words1,024
Words (1-occurrence)657
Unique kanji525
Kanji (1-occurrence)226
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 8
Character count7,381
Word count3,118
Unique words1,112
Words (1-occurrence)740
Unique kanji590
Kanji (1-occurrence)263
Difficulty beta
Hard
Episode 9
Character count8,145
Word count3,334
Unique words1,173
Words (1-occurrence)763
Unique kanji630
Kanji (1-occurrence)249
Difficulty beta
Hard
Episode 10
Character count6,687
Word count2,823
Unique words1,027
Words (1-occurrence)671
Unique kanji562
Kanji (1-occurrence)241
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 11
Character count8,440
Word count3,624
Unique words1,169
Words (1-occurrence)757
Unique kanji596
Kanji (1-occurrence)243
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 12
Character count8,719
Word count3,768
Unique words1,227
Words (1-occurrence)788
Unique kanji636
Kanji (1-occurrence)254
Difficulty beta
Hard
Episode 13
Character count8,882
Word count3,805
Unique words1,309
Words (1-occurrence)867
Unique kanji689
Kanji (1-occurrence)283
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 14
Character count10,408
Word count4,492
Unique words1,384
Words (1-occurrence)923
Unique kanji687
Kanji (1-occurrence)268
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 15
Character count10,046
Word count4,328
Unique words1,354
Words (1-occurrence)887
Unique kanji680
Kanji (1-occurrence)283
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 16
Character count9,579
Word count4,201
Unique words1,436
Words (1-occurrence)979
Unique kanji706
Kanji (1-occurrence)289
Difficulty beta
Hard
Episode 17
Character count8,128
Word count3,464
Unique words1,209
Words (1-occurrence)801
Unique kanji662
Kanji (1-occurrence)289
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 18
Character count9,744
Word count4,206
Unique words1,414
Words (1-occurrence)925
Unique kanji720
Kanji (1-occurrence)271
Difficulty beta
Hard
Episode 19
Character count7,801
Word count3,386
Unique words1,139
Words (1-occurrence)756
Unique kanji607
Kanji (1-occurrence)238
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 20
Character count8,395
Word count3,745
Unique words1,241
Words (1-occurrence)839
Unique kanji667
Kanji (1-occurrence)289
Difficulty beta
Average