Salaryman Kintarō
Salaryman Kintaro (Japanese: サラリーマン金太郎, Hepburn: Sararīman Kintarō) is a Japanese manga series by Hiroshi Motomiya. It was serialized in Weekly Young Jump from 1994 to 2002, with many periods of inactivity during its run. Salaryman Kintaro had sold over 30 million copies in print.
Salaryman Kintaro | |
![]() Cover of the first manga volume | |
サラリーマン金太郎 (Sarariiman Kintarō) | |
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Manga | |
Written by | Hiroshi Motomiya |
Published by | Shueisha |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Weekly Young Jump |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | 1994 – 2002 |
Volumes | 30 |
Live-action film | |
Directed by | Takashi Miike |
Studio | Toho |
Released | November 13, 1999 |
Runtime | 110 minutes |
Television drama | |
Original network | TBS |
Original run | 1999 – 2004 |
Episodes | 44 (+ 1 special) |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Tomoharu Katsumata |
Produced by | Tetsuo Gensei Hiroshi Shigekawa Tōru Nakano Satoshi Kubo Kisei Takahashi |
Written by | Sukehiro Tomita |
Music by | Kenichi Kamio |
Studio | JCF |
Original network | BS-i |
Original run | February 18, 2001 – March 18, 2001 |
Episodes | 20 |
Manga | |
Shin Salaryman Kintarō | |
Written by | Hiroshi Motomiya |
Published by | Shueisha |
Magazine | Weekly Young Jump |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | 2009 – 2011 |
Volumes | 7 |
The manga follows Kintarō Yajima, a former Bōsōzoku leader who, as a promise to his late wife, has become a salaryman. In 2005, Kintarō went from working as a salaryman to working for a foreign bank.
In 2005, Salaryman Kintaro began appearing as an online comic and eventually returned to Young Jump.
While the manga is not available in print in English, all 30 volumes and part of the sequel had been translated into English and were available through the Comic Friends Facebook app. However, in December 2018 Comic Friends announced that it would no longer be doing business in America.[1] In July 2020, manga subscription service Manga Planet had announced that they had licensed the manga.[2]
Characters
- Kintarō Yajima (矢島金太郎, Yajima Kintarou)
- The protagonist of the series, a high school dropout and former Bōsōzoku who retired to become a fisherman, but after he saved Morinosuke Yamato he was offered a job at Yamato Construction in the sales department.
- Misuzu Yajima (矢島美鈴, Yajima Misuzu)
- Née Suenaga (末永). A high class woman who once had an affair with the late politician Seishirō Kuroda (黒田征四郎,, Kuroda Seishirou). She still has strong political and financial connections and later becomes Kintarō's wife.
- Ryuta Yajima (矢島竜太, Yajima Ryuta)
- The son of Kintarō and his late wife Akemi.
- Mimi Suenaga (末永美々, Suenaga Mimi)
- The daughter of Misuzu from her affair with Kuroda.
- Akemi Yajima (矢島明美, Yajima Akemi)
- Kintarō's first wife, a kind blind woman who dies giving birth to Ryuta.
- Morinosuke Yamato (大和守之助, Yamato Morinosuke)
- One of the many men that Kintarō saves. Chairman of Yamato Construction. He believes in Kintarō all the way.
- Genzō Ōshima (大島源造, Genzou Ooshima)
- Yūsaku Kurokawa (黒川優作, Kurokawa Yuusaku)
- Ryūzō Igō (伊郷龍蔵, Igou Ryuuzou)
Media
Live-action film
Live-action TV series
- Seasons
- January 10~March 21, 1999: Salaryman Kintarō (11 Episodes, Average Rating: 19.0%)((cn))
- October 3, 1999: Salaryman Kintarō Special
- April 9~July 2, 2000: Salaryman Kintarō 2 (12 Episodes, Average Rating: 16.3%)((cn))
- January 6~March 17, 2002: Salaryman Kintarō 3 (11 Episodes, Average Rating: 15.5%)((cn))
- January 15~March 18, 2004: Salaryman Kintarō 4 (10 Episodes, Average Rating: 11.2%)((cn))
- Cast
The main cast from the film version returned for the television series.
- Theme Songs
- Season 1: Kibou no Kane ga Naru Asa ni (希望の鐘が鳴る朝に, The Bell of Hope is Ringing in the Morning) (The Alfee)
- Season 2: Kizuna (キズナ, Bonds) (Tetsurō Oda)
- Season 3: Atsuku Nare! (熱くなれ!, A Hot Time!) (Katsunori Takahashi)
- Season 4: Kibou no Hashi (希望の橋, Bridge of Hope) (The Alfee)
Anime television series
- Cast
- Kintaro Yajima: Taisei Miyamoto
- Misuzu Suenaga: Atsuko Tanaka
- Mimi Suenaga: Ryōka Yuzuki
- Morinosuke Yamato: Kiyoshi Kawakuba
- Genzo Oshima: Takeshi Watabe
- Yusaku Kurokawa: Nachi Nozawa
- Ryuzo Igo: Kōsei Tomita
- Kayo Nakamura: Seiko Tomoe
- Ichiro Maeda: Kōichi Nagano
- Masakazu Tanaka: Tomoyuki Kōno
- Hiroshi Kaminaga: Katsuhisa Hōki
- Takashi Shiina: Kunihiko Yasui
- Mamoru Mizuki: Nobuaki Sekine
- Kyoko Sakurai: Masako Katsuki
- Theme Songs
- Opening Theme: Jikuu ~Toki no Sora~ (時空~ときのそら~, A Space of Time) (Yumi Matsuzawa)
- Ending Theme: Heaven ~Boku no Naka no Tengoku~ (Heaven~僕の中の天国~, We're in Heaven) (Norishige Takahashi)
The anime is available subtitled on DVD through Arts Magic.
References
- "NTT Solmare's ComicFriends Online Manga Service Shuts Down". Anime News Network. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- Mateo, Alex (July 29, 2020). "Manga Planet Licenses Salary Man Kintaro, Charge!! Men's School, Peacock King More Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
External links
- Salaryman Kintarou (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Salaryman Kintarou (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Salaryman Kintarou at IMDb
- Salaryman Kintarou 2
- Salaryman Kintarou 3
- Salaryman Kintarou 4
- Salaryman Kintarou(TBS Drama Archive)
- Salaryman Kintarou 2(TBS Drama Archive)