Tsukuda Industries has weathered frequent difficulties such as the patent infringement suit, development of the valve system for rocket engines and design of an artificial Gaudi heart valve due to the unity of its employees. However, it lands in yet another predicament because of an unanticipated problem. A downturn in the business of Teikoku Heavy Industries, one of Japan's leading corporations which is a customer of the rocket engine valve system that has now become Tsukuda Industries’s flagship product, may spell the end of the Stardust Programme. Right on the heels of this shocking news, a major client which is a manufacturer of agricultural machinery announces a reduction in its deal for small engines. Then, Tonomura Naohiro (Tatekawa Danshun), the head of the accounting department, is faced with a dilemma when his father collapses. Tsukuda Kohei (Abe Hiroshi) makes an unexpected decision to ride through this rough patch. And so, Tsukuda Industries undergoes a significant transformation from the “universe” to the “earth”. |