Shizumanu Taiyo
Drama
沈まぬ太陽
2016/05/08
Character count168,218
Word count73,615
Unique words8,166
Words (1-occurrence)3,828
Unique kanji1,635
Kanji (1-occurrence)234
Difficulty beta
Expert
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 count8,970
Word count3,828
Unique words1,288
Words (1-occurrence)832
Unique kanji684
Kanji (1-occurrence)284
Difficulty beta
Expert
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 2
Character count9,046
Word count3,998
Unique words1,134
Words (1-occurrence)681
Unique kanji571
Kanji (1-occurrence)220
Difficulty beta
Expert
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 3
Character count7,842
Word count3,457
Unique words1,071
Words (1-occurrence)679
Unique kanji549
Kanji (1-occurrence)212
Difficulty beta
Expert
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 4
Character count8,279
Word count3,706
Unique words1,188
Words (1-occurrence)758
Unique kanji608
Kanji (1-occurrence)255
Difficulty beta
Very hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 5
Character count7,540
Word count3,234
Unique words1,122
Words (1-occurrence)709
Unique kanji582
Kanji (1-occurrence)257
Difficulty beta
Expert
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 6
Character count7,163
Word count3,168
Unique words976
Words (1-occurrence)616
Unique kanji512
Kanji (1-occurrence)218
Difficulty beta
Expert
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 7
Character count7,103
Word count3,015
Unique words1,028
Words (1-occurrence)653
Unique kanji525
Kanji (1-occurrence)226
Difficulty beta
Expert
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 8
Character count7,380
Word count3,172
Unique words1,124
Words (1-occurrence)744
Unique kanji590
Kanji (1-occurrence)263
Difficulty beta
Expert
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 9
Character count8,142
Word count3,384
Unique words1,178
Words (1-occurrence)759
Unique kanji630
Kanji (1-occurrence)249
Difficulty beta
Expert
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 10
Character count6,680
Word count2,878
Unique words1,027
Words (1-occurrence)664
Unique kanji562
Kanji (1-occurrence)241
Difficulty beta
Very hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 11
Character count8,431
Word count3,665
Unique words1,175
Words (1-occurrence)754
Unique kanji596
Kanji (1-occurrence)243
Difficulty beta
Expert
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 12
Character count8,712
Word count3,829
Unique words1,223
Words (1-occurrence)769
Unique kanji636
Kanji (1-occurrence)254
Difficulty beta
Expert
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 13
Character count8,863
Word count3,886
Unique words1,302
Words (1-occurrence)851
Unique kanji689
Kanji (1-occurrence)283
Difficulty beta
Expert
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 14
Character count10,406
Word count4,587
Unique words1,385
Words (1-occurrence)909
Unique kanji687
Kanji (1-occurrence)268
Difficulty beta
Expert
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 15
Character count10,040
Word count4,429
Unique words1,375
Words (1-occurrence)904
Unique kanji680
Kanji (1-occurrence)283
Difficulty beta
Expert
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 16
Character count9,573
Word count4,261
Unique words1,435
Words (1-occurrence)964
Unique kanji706
Kanji (1-occurrence)289
Difficulty beta
Expert
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 17
Character count8,125
Word count3,529
Unique words1,207
Words (1-occurrence)787
Unique kanji662
Kanji (1-occurrence)289
Difficulty beta
Expert
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 18
Character count9,744
Word count4,274
Unique words1,419
Words (1-occurrence)921
Unique kanji720
Kanji (1-occurrence)271
Difficulty beta
Expert
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 19
Character count7,792
Word count3,457
Unique words1,140
Words (1-occurrence)743
Unique kanji607
Kanji (1-occurrence)238
Difficulty beta
Expert
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 20
Character count8,387
Word count3,858
Unique words1,247
Words (1-occurrence)829
Unique kanji667
Kanji (1-occurrence)289
Difficulty beta
Expert
DetailsVocabulary