The Eternal Zero
TV Show · Drama · War & Military

The story of Saeki Kentaro, who continues to fail the National Bar Examinations and lose sight of the goal of his life, and his old sister Keiko, who is a freelance writer looking up their grandfather Miyabe who died in the Pacific War as a Kamikaze pilot. Miyabe had an astute ability as a pilot of fighter planes, but he was extraordinarily afraid of death. His two grandchildren started wondering why he applied for the Kamikaze corps. Revealing Miyabe’s unexpected title of “genius yet coward”, they unveil a surprising fact which has been sealed for over 60 years.

2015 · 2h 0m
Starring Osamu Mukai, Mikako Tabe, Kenta Kiritani
Director Akimitsu Sasaki

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Episode 1
    終戦60年を翌年に控えた平成16年の夏。司法浪人生の佐伯健太郎 (桐谷健太) は姉でフリーライターの慶子 (広末涼子) に誘われ、慶子の恋人で新聞記者の高山隆司 (山口馬木也) の「終戦六十周年プロジェクト」のために、自分たちの祖父・宮部久蔵 (向井理) について調べ始める。資料では、宮部は神風特攻隊として死んだと記されているのみ。当時の宮部を知る長谷川梅男 (笹野高史) は宮部を「海軍航空隊一の臆病者」と言うが…。
    2h
  • EPISODE 2
    Episode 2
    「娘に会うまでには、何としても死ねない。妻との約束を守るために。」と言っていた祖父・宮部久蔵 (向井理) はなぜ特攻に志願したのか…。健太郎 (桐谷健太) と姉の慶子 (広末涼子) は、宮部を知る人物への取材を重ねる。そんな中「臆病者」と聞いていた宮部を「勇敢な、恐れを知らない戦闘機乗り」と話す人に出会う。また、飛行予備学生として教官の宮部に教えられた人、そしてついに特攻へ向かう宮部を知る人物にたどり着く!
    1h 53m
  • EPISODE 3
    Episode 3
    [Final Episode] This series/video is only available in Japanese or in its native language with Japanese subtitles. Our service does not support English-language audiences for this content at this time.
    2h 4m

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Cast & Crew

  • Osamu Mukai
    Kyuzo Miyabe
  • Mikako Tabe
    Matsuno
  • Kenta Kiritani
    Kentaro Saeki
  • Ryoko Hirosue
    Keiko Saeki
  • Akiyoshi Nakao
    Umeo Hasegawa
  • S‌C
    Seiji Chihara
    Kanji Ito
  • A‌S
    Akimitsu Sasaki
    Director
  • T‌S
    Takeharu Sakurai
    Writer

About

The Eternal Zero

Drama

The story of Saeki Kentaro, who continues to fail the National Bar Examinations and lose sight of the goal of his life, and his old sister Keiko, who is a freelance writer looking up their grandfather Miyabe who died in the Pacific War as a Kamikaze pilot. Miyabe had an astute ability as a pilot of fighter planes, but he was extraordinarily afraid of death. His two grandchildren started wondering why he applied for the Kamikaze corps. Revealing Miyabe’s unexpected title of “genius yet coward”, they unveil a surprising fact which has been sealed for over 60 years.

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Studio
テレビ東京
Released
2015
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