No.of Epis: 2Year/TV Station: 2009/FujiTV
Cast:
Katori Shingo ~ Kuramatsu Hitoshi
Kobayashi Kaoru ~ Takiyama Kunpei
Yusuke Santamaria ~ Kizuka Kazutoshi
Ayase Haruka ~ Takiyama Sachie
Fukada Kyoko ~ Kawaguchi Ayako
Synopsis:(edited from Dramawiki)
Kuramatsu Hitoshi, the supervisor of Kumagai Group’s Kuramatsu Team, and Takiyama Kunpei, the assistant manager of Kansai Electric’s Kuroyon Building Office, were the two greatest contributors to the completion of Omachi tunnel, the most challenging undertaking in the journey to finish the Kurobe Dam.
Slacker's review:
"Kurobe no Taiyo" is a 2 epi drama special. Basically the plot focused on the Kurobe Dam project and didn't focus much on characters' development. The drama could be rather boring to most people as the storyline itself was kinda technical & dry. However, u get to see the difficulties they faced and how people sacrificed themselves for this huge project.
Another side plot was about Takiyama family. The youngest daughter Mitsuko suffered from leukemia and couldn't survived for long. It's a struggle b/w Takiyama Kunpei and his family. And because of Mitsuko, Sachie decided to marry Kizuka, though she obviously liked Kuramatsu!
Nice performances from the cast. It's great to see Katori again, he looked very different this time round. It's a pity that Kuramatsu didn't end up with Sachie. If he had tell her his true feelings, the girl wld be his la. (Sbbzzz...) Though Ayase was the female lead, I thought Fukada's character was more interesting. Ayako's lover was killed while working at the dam, and she had a sad past. Luckily, Kuramatsu was there to support her.
Though I didn't like the boring parts of this drama special, I enjoyed the scenes b/w the main characters.
