Shizumanu Taiyo
Drama
沈まぬ太陽
2016/05/08
Speech duration
9h 10min
Word count69,238
Unique words8,418
Words (1-occurrence)4,010
Unique kanji1,636
Kanji (1-occurrence)235
Speech speed
368
Difficulty Hard
Episodes20
External Rating
77 %

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
Speech duration
28min
Word count3,615
Unique words1,283
Words (1-occurrence)843
Unique kanji684
Kanji (1-occurrence)284
Speech speed
379
Difficulty Hard
Episode 2
Speech duration
29min
Word count3,780
Unique words1,120
Words (1-occurrence)682
Unique kanji571
Kanji (1-occurrence)220
Speech speed
369
Difficulty Hard
Episode 3
Speech duration
25min
Word count3,244
Unique words1,054
Words (1-occurrence)682
Unique kanji549
Kanji (1-occurrence)212
Speech speed
366
Difficulty Average
Episode 4
Speech duration
27min
Word count3,412
Unique words1,182
Words (1-occurrence)781
Unique kanji608
Kanji (1-occurrence)255
Speech speed
351
Difficulty Average
Episode 5
Speech duration
26min
Word count3,004
Unique words1,116
Words (1-occurrence)721
Unique kanji582
Kanji (1-occurrence)257
Speech speed
345
Difficulty Average
Episode 6
Speech duration
24min
Word count2,962
Unique words970
Words (1-occurrence)630
Unique kanji512
Kanji (1-occurrence)218
Speech speed
349
Difficulty Average
Episode 7
Speech duration
23min
Word count2,830
Unique words1,039
Words (1-occurrence)677
Unique kanji525
Kanji (1-occurrence)226
Speech speed
346
Difficulty Average
Episode 8
Speech duration
23min
Word count3,015
Unique words1,124
Words (1-occurrence)755
Unique kanji590
Kanji (1-occurrence)263
Speech speed
372
Difficulty Hard
Episode 9
Speech duration
26min
Word count3,218
Unique words1,173
Words (1-occurrence)772
Unique kanji630
Kanji (1-occurrence)249
Speech speed
378
Difficulty Hard
Episode 10
Speech duration
23min
Word count2,704
Unique words1,024
Words (1-occurrence)679
Unique kanji562
Kanji (1-occurrence)241
Speech speed
349
Difficulty Hard
Episode 11
Speech duration
28min
Word count3,490
Unique words1,177
Words (1-occurrence)761
Unique kanji596
Kanji (1-occurrence)243
Speech speed
360
Difficulty Hard
Episode 12
Speech duration
28min
Word count3,615
Unique words1,227
Words (1-occurrence)797
Unique kanji636
Kanji (1-occurrence)254
Speech speed
375
Difficulty Hard
Episode 13
Speech duration
29min
Word count3,651
Unique words1,304
Words (1-occurrence)868
Unique kanji689
Kanji (1-occurrence)283
Speech speed
379
Difficulty Hard
Episode 14
Speech duration
31min
Word count4,276
Unique words1,380
Words (1-occurrence)930
Unique kanji687
Kanji (1-occurrence)268
Speech speed
399
Difficulty Hard
Episode 15
Speech duration
32min
Word count4,167
Unique words1,339
Words (1-occurrence)874
Unique kanji680
Kanji (1-occurrence)283
Speech speed
378
Difficulty Hard
Episode 16
Speech duration
31min
Word count4,050
Unique words1,437
Words (1-occurrence)981
Unique kanji706
Kanji (1-occurrence)289
Speech speed
374
Difficulty Hard
Episode 17
Speech duration
26min
Word count3,331
Unique words1,215
Words (1-occurrence)818
Unique kanji662
Kanji (1-occurrence)289
Speech speed
379
Difficulty Hard
Episode 18
Speech duration
29min
Word count4,056
Unique words1,417
Words (1-occurrence)930
Unique kanji720
Kanji (1-occurrence)271
Speech speed
401
Difficulty Hard
Episode 19
Speech duration
26min
Word count3,237
Unique words1,145
Words (1-occurrence)767
Unique kanji607
Kanji (1-occurrence)238
Speech speed
360
Difficulty Hard
Episode 20
Speech duration
28min
Word count3,581
Unique words1,243
Words (1-occurrence)844
Unique kanji667
Kanji (1-occurrence)289
Speech speed
360
Difficulty Hard