Shizumanu Taiyo
Drama
沈まぬ太陽
2016/05/08
Speech duration
9h 10min
Word count70,194
Unique words8,419
Words (1-occurrence)4,008
Unique kanji1,638
Kanji (1-occurrence)237
Speech speed
368
Difficulty Hard
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
Speech duration
28min
Word count3,665
Unique words1,299
Words (1-occurrence)862
Unique kanji684
Kanji (1-occurrence)284
Speech speed
379
Difficulty Hard
Episode 2
Speech duration
29min
Word count3,845
Unique words1,132
Words (1-occurrence)696
Unique kanji571
Kanji (1-occurrence)220
Speech speed
369
Difficulty Hard
Episode 3
Speech duration
25min
Word count3,288
Unique words1,057
Words (1-occurrence)678
Unique kanji549
Kanji (1-occurrence)212
Speech speed
366
Difficulty Average
Episode 4
Speech duration
27min
Word count3,464
Unique words1,190
Words (1-occurrence)778
Unique kanji608
Kanji (1-occurrence)255
Speech speed
351
Difficulty Average
Episode 5
Speech duration
26min
Word count3,053
Unique words1,116
Words (1-occurrence)720
Unique kanji582
Kanji (1-occurrence)257
Speech speed
345
Difficulty Average
Episode 6
Speech duration
24min
Word count3,004
Unique words962
Words (1-occurrence)616
Unique kanji512
Kanji (1-occurrence)218
Speech speed
349
Difficulty Average
Episode 7
Speech duration
23min
Word count2,871
Unique words1,037
Words (1-occurrence)675
Unique kanji525
Kanji (1-occurrence)226
Speech speed
346
Difficulty Average
Episode 8
Speech duration
23min
Word count3,041
Unique words1,119
Words (1-occurrence)750
Unique kanji590
Kanji (1-occurrence)263
Speech speed
372
Difficulty Hard
Episode 9
Speech duration
26min
Word count3,236
Unique words1,172
Words (1-occurrence)768
Unique kanji630
Kanji (1-occurrence)249
Speech speed
378
Difficulty Hard
Episode 10
Speech duration
23min
Word count2,733
Unique words1,022
Words (1-occurrence)674
Unique kanji562
Kanji (1-occurrence)241
Speech speed
349
Difficulty Hard
Episode 11
Speech duration
28min
Word count3,528
Unique words1,178
Words (1-occurrence)763
Unique kanji596
Kanji (1-occurrence)243
Speech speed
360
Difficulty Hard
Episode 12
Speech duration
28min
Word count3,656
Unique words1,231
Words (1-occurrence)799
Unique kanji636
Kanji (1-occurrence)254
Speech speed
375
Difficulty Hard
Episode 13
Speech duration
29min
Word count3,703
Unique words1,304
Words (1-occurrence)865
Unique kanji689
Kanji (1-occurrence)283
Speech speed
379
Difficulty Hard
Episode 14
Speech duration
31min
Word count4,352
Unique words1,382
Words (1-occurrence)922
Unique kanji687
Kanji (1-occurrence)268
Speech speed
399
Difficulty Hard
Episode 15
Speech duration
32min
Word count4,249
Unique words1,342
Words (1-occurrence)874
Unique kanji680
Kanji (1-occurrence)283
Speech speed
378
Difficulty Hard
Episode 16
Speech duration
31min
Word count4,103
Unique words1,431
Words (1-occurrence)966
Unique kanji706
Kanji (1-occurrence)289
Speech speed
374
Difficulty Hard
Episode 17
Speech duration
26min
Word count3,374
Unique words1,213
Words (1-occurrence)812
Unique kanji662
Kanji (1-occurrence)289
Speech speed
379
Difficulty Hard
Episode 18
Speech duration
29min
Word count4,107
Unique words1,423
Words (1-occurrence)933
Unique kanji720
Kanji (1-occurrence)271
Speech speed
401
Difficulty Hard
Episode 19
Speech duration
26min
Word count3,291
Unique words1,144
Words (1-occurrence)762
Unique kanji607
Kanji (1-occurrence)238
Speech speed
360
Difficulty Hard
Episode 20
Speech duration
28min
Word count3,631
Unique words1,245
Words (1-occurrence)845
Unique kanji667
Kanji (1-occurrence)289
Speech speed
360
Difficulty Hard