Shitamachi Rocket (Shogakukan Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Kohei Tsukuda gave up his career as a researcher and took over his family's business, Tsukuda Seisakusho, a local factory, and his business performance was improving through product development. One day, he is sued for unreasonable patent infringement by a major manufacturer, his business rival. Against overwhelming odds, Tsukuda Manufacturing loses its business partners and finds itself in dire financial straits. In the midst of a crisis that has plagued the company since its founding, Teikoku Heavy Industries, a giant that develops domestically produced rockets, begins to take advantage of Tsukuda Manufacturing's patented technology for a certain component. Selling the patent would get them out of their predicament. But the technology is filled with Tsukuda's dreams. The men's pride and pride collide in this moving and entertaining story! Winner of the 145th Naoki Prize.

研究者の道をあきらめ、家業の町工場・佃製作所を継いだ佃航平は、製品開発で業績を伸ばしていた。そんなある日、商売敵の大手メーカーから理不尽な特許侵害で訴えられる。圧倒的な形勢不利の中で取引先を失い、資金繰りに窮する佃製作所。創業以来のピンチに、国産ロケットを開発する巨大企業・帝国重工が、佃製作所が有するある部品の特許技術に食指を伸ばしてきた。特許を売れば窮地を脱することができる。だが、その技術には、佃の夢が詰まっていた―。男たちの矜恃が激突する感動のエンターテインメント長編!第145回直木賞受賞作。