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Shita-Machi Rocket -Engineer vs. Elite-

2011 · 1 season

A grounded, earnest procedural about small-factory pride versus corporate power, with quiet tension and a warm human core.

Created by
Kosuke Suzuki, Toshiyuki Mizutani
Genres
Drama
Starring
Hiroshi Mikami, Shinobu Terajima, Atsuro Watabe
Overview
Kohei’s company holds the patent of an engine valve system required to develop a space rocket. Will he finally be part of a successful rocket launch?

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Created by
Kosuke Suzuki, Toshiyuki Mizutani
Genres
Drama
Starring
Hiroshi Mikami, Shinobu Terajima, Atsuro Watabe
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • family
  • work
  • justice
  • power
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Kosuke Suzuki, Toshiyuki Mizutani
Starring
Hiroshi Mikami, Shinobu Terajima, Atsuro Watabe, Go Ayano, Satoru Matsuo, Jiro Sato, Keisuke Horibe
Length
1 seasons, 5 episodes
Network
WOWOW Prime
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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