TV series
The Sun in Kurobe
2009 · 1 season
A sturdy, sincere chronicle of men against mountain and machinery, slow-building tension around an impossible engineering gamble.
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Shingo Katori, Kaoru Kobayashi, Kyoko Fukada
- Overview
- Shingo Katori stars as Kuramatsu, a manager- foreman for Kumagaya Construction. In order to solve an acute energy shortage in the Kansai region, Kansai Electric Power decided to built a massive hydroelectric dam on the upper Kurobe River. However, the project requires the drilling of a huge tunnel that some, including Kuramatsu, believe is impossible.
- How it feels
- Earnest, tense and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Ambition, work, survival, loyalty
- Content
- Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Shingo Katori, Kaoru Kobayashi, Kyoko Fukada
