Shylock's Children

Shylock's Children
AuthorJun Ikeido
LanguageJapanese
GenreMystery fiction
PublisherBungeishunjū
Publication date
January 30, 2006
Publication place Japan
Pages305
ISBN978-4-16-324630-7
WebsiteBungeishunjū

Shylock's Children is a Japanese mystery and economic novel by Jun Ikeido, published in book form by Bungeishunjū on January 30, 2006.[1] The book was published in paperback on November 10, 2008.[2]

From 2003 to 2004, six stories were serialized in the financial and sales magazine "Kindai Sales" (Kindai Sales Co., Ltd.), and seven to ten stories were added and published in book form.[3]

Author Jun Ikeido is a former bank employee and the author of many novels set in banks. This work is one of them.[4] Jun Ikeido is best known as the author of popular Japanese TV drama series Hanzawa Naoki. Hanzawa Naoki was also a drama set in a bank, but according to Ikeido, this monumental work that defined his novel writing style is Shylock's Children, he said.[5]

Shylock is the greedy merchant in William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. [6]

This work was dramatized for Television by Wowow in October 2022[7] and made into a movie in February 2023, distributed by Shochiku.[8]

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  2. ^ "シャイロックの子供たち". bunshun (in Japanese). 2008-11-07. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  3. ^ "池井戸潤の「新・銀行小説」 シャイロックの子供たち". CiNii Research. 2004. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
  4. ^ "「半沢直樹ほど性格悪くない」　池井戸潤、創作の源とは". Asahi.com (in Japanese). 2020-04-05. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  5. ^ "「半沢直樹」シリーズの原型！？ 池井戸潤が描く、銀行員サスペンス". Ddnavi (in Japanese). 2013-08-08. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  6. ^ "『シャイロックの子供たち』は、二層構造が仕込まれたミステリー。まるで《だまし絵》のような多面性を秘めた小説だ!!". bunshun.jp (in Japanese). 2022-04-08. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  7. ^ "最終話まで視聴者を謎の底へ　ドラマアレンジで得た『シャイロックの子供たち』の不穏さ". Realsound (in Japanese). 2022-10-31.
  8. ^ "池井戸潤の傑作群像劇『シャイロックの子供たち』映画化決定！ 2022-23年度の松竹ラインナップが発表". dengekionline (in Japanese). 2022-02-28. Retrieved 2024-05-19.