Official Website
www.tbs.co.jp/shitamachi_rocket
Broadcast
From 9.00 p.m., Sundays, 18 October 2015
Station
TBS
Story
Tsukuda Kohei was once a researcher with the Space Science Development Agency and now runs Tsukuda Industries, a small factory which was left by his father in the traditional working-class neighbourhood of Tokyo. His relationship with his daughter, Rina, is somewhat strained, but business at Tsukuda Industries is running smoothly and results have gradually started to improve. However, Tsukuda puts too much emphasis on his own dream of developing a rocket engine and business goes on the decline little by little. One day, Kyohama Machinery suddenly declares that it will cease to do business with Tsukuda Industries. Hard-pressed for funds with the loss of a major client, Tsukuda goes to Tsukuda Industries’ main bank Hakusui Bank with his accounts manager Tonomura Naohiro in order to secure working capital. They are told by the bank that it will be difficult to make a new loan if development of a hydrogen engine that does not have prospects for practical use continues. The two men do not know what to do in the face of Hakusui Bank’s reluctance. Then, a new problem emerges. Tsukuda Industries gets sued by a rival, Nakashima Industries, for patent infringement. Although Tsukuda Industries is clean, the fact that it is being sued by a big company hurts its reputation and financing from banks is also in a desperate situation. Nakashima Industries, which has an eye on Tsukuda Industries’ technology, drags out the trial with an underhanded courtroom strategy and slowly but steadily robs Tsukuda Industries of strength. In the midst of this, Teikoku Heavy Industries, one of Japan’s leading corporations, offers to buy a patent which Tsukuda Industries possesses for 2 billion yen. This is necessary money for Tsukuda Industries which is on the verge of life and death. But this patent is filled with Tsukuda’s dreams. What decision will he make as a businessman and as company president with the lives of many employees his hands?
Characters
Coming soon!
Scriptwriter
Yatsu Hiroyuki (Ryusei Wagon, Roosevelt Game, Hanzawa Naoki)
Original Work
Shitamachi Rocket by Ikeido Jun
Episodes
#1: Japan Dream ~ A Touching Story Emerges!! A SME Competes Against a Large Corporation! Tears! Dreams and Pride!
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