Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"

Name: Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2016-12-11
Duration: 2 h 25 min
Cast: Junichi Okada, Haruka Ayase, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Shota Sometani, Ryohei Suzuki

2016, Japanese. Directed by Takashi Yamazaki.

In a time when the main source of energy was still coal, there was a man who saw the future in oil. Young Tetsuzo Kunioka who hails from Moji, Kitakyushu, rides out into the oil business, but is faced with numerous challenges and competitors who stand in his way, including domestic suppliers and major western oil companies, or the "oil majors". But Tetsuzo never gave up, however despairing the situation was. He always found a way and paved a new road with his unconventional ideas, eccentric actions, and most of all, his caring heart toward his own men. That style of Tetsuzo's was not something that would ever change, even when the tides were against him in a war-lost Japan.

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Language: Japanese
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Released: 11 December 2016
Original title: 海賊とよばれた男
Country: Japan
Written by: Takashi Yamazaki

based on novel or bookfamily business oil industryentrepreneuroil tankerpost war japanresilienceshōwa era (1926-89)economic recoverycorporate rivalrybusiness struggle

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What Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate" is based on

Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate" is based on A Man Called Pirate, a 2012 novel by Naoki Hyakuta.

Novel · 2012
A Man Called Pirate
By Naoki Hyakuta
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Who directed Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"?

Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate" (2016) was directed by Takashi Yamazaki and stars Junichi Okada, Haruka Ayase, Hidetaka Yoshioka.

What is Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate" based on?

Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate" is based on A Man Called Pirate, a 2012 novel by Naoki Hyakuta.