A new edition of the classic The cannery boat. Labor activist Takiji Kobayashi wrote for the oppressed lower classes until he was murdered in prison by the government in 1933. Worked under deplorable conditions, the sailors on the cannery boat mutinied but were violently quashed by Japanese Navy. Included is another of his great works, "Life of a Party Member." In Japanese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.