# The Unbroken (2009)

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**Original title**: *沈まぬ太陽*
**Runtime**: 202 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Setsuro Wakamatsu
**Written by**: Takuya Nishioka
**Starring**: Ken Watanabe, Kyoka Suzuki, Mitsuko Kusabue, Takashi Kashiwabara, Erika Toda, Tomokazu Miura

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Fukushima plants meets The Verdict in a neon-lit corridor where a retired union hack is recalled to settle grief accounts with a 747’s widows. Wake-up call for bureaucratic penance served by a man who’s spent a decade dodging remorse.

**Mood tags**: gut-punch, outsider, slow-burn

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