Kurobe no Taiyo (J-Drama) (2009)

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.

A year after construction starts, the project has been marred by accidents and media scandals, pushing Kuramatsu to the edge of his sanity.

Notes

As part of Fuji TV’s 50th anniversary commemoration, the TV station broadcasted a new, two-part drama about the construction of Toyama Prefecture’s Kurobe Dam in the late 1950s, a story that inspired a hugely popular movie starring the late Yujiro Ishihara called “Kurobe no Taiyo” (“The Sun of Kurobe”).