sentences: "Kanikōsen" (1929) is a short novel by Takiji Kobayashi (translated into English as "The Cannery Boat" (1933), "The Factory Ship" (1973) and "The Crab Cannery Ship" (2013)), which depicts the lives of Japanese crab fishermen.Told from a left-wing point of view, it is concerned with the hardships that the crew face and how they are exploited by the owners.