Salaryman Kintarō

Salaryman Kintaro (サラリーマン金太郎) is a manga series by Hiroshi Motomiya. It has been serialized in Weekly Young Jump since 1994, but has gone through many periods of inactivity.

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.

Characters

 * Kintarō Yajima (矢島金太郎,)
 * 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,)
 * Née Suenaga (末永). A high class woman who once had an affair with the late politician Seishirō Kuroda (黒田征四郎,). She still has strong political and financial connections and later becomes Kintarō's wife.


 * Ryōta Yajima (矢島竜太,)
 * The son of Kintarō and his late wife Akemi.


 * Mimi Suenaga (末永美々,)
 * The daughter of Misuzu from her affair with Kuroda.


 * Akemi Yajima (矢島明美,)
 * Kintarō's first wife, a kind blind woman who dies giving birth to Ryōta.


 * Morinosuke Yamato (大和守之助,)
 * 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,)


 * Yūsaku Kurokawa (黒川優作,)


 * Ryūzō Igō (伊郷龍蔵,)

Live-action film

 * Staff
 * Director: Takashi Miike
 * Producers: Morihiro Kodama, Mitsunori Morita, Kazuya Hamana
 * Screenplay: Kenji Nakazono, Naoko Harada
 * Music: Kouji Endou
 * Cinematography: Hideo Yamamoto
 * Editing: Yasushi Shimamura
 * Assistant Director: Bunmei Katō


 * Cast
 * Kintaro Yajima: Katsunori Takahashi
 * Misuzu Suenaga: Yoko Saito
 * Mimi Suenaga: Kanako Enomoto
 * Ryota Yajima: Chinosuke Shimada
 * Ryunosuke Yamato: Masahiko Tsugawa
 * Genzo Oshima: Shuichiro Moriyama
 * Yusaku Kurokawa: Taisaku Akino
 * Yozo Igo: Tsutomu Yamazaki
 * Kayo Nakamura: Yoko Nogiwa
 * Masumi Nakamura: Michiko Hada
 * Ichiro Maeda: Toshiaki Megumi
 * Hitomi Aihara: Miki Mizuno
 * Masakazu Tanaka: Masanobu Katsumura
 * Takatsukasa: Naoki Hosaka
 * Seishiro Tanioka: Shingo Yamashiro
 * Fumihiko Handa: Hiromasa Taguchi
 * Tadashi Shiina: Satoshi Uzaki


 * Theme Song
 * In My Dream (TUBE)

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))

The main cast from the film version returned for the television series.
 * Cast


 * Theme Songs
 * Season 1: Kibou no Kane ga Naru Asa ni (希望の鐘が鳴る朝に,) (The Alfee)
 * Season 2: Kizuna (キズナ,) (Tetsurō Oda)
 * Season 3: Atsuku Nare! (熱くなれ!) (Katsunori Takahashi)
 * Season 4: Kibou no Hashi (希望の橋,) (The Alfee)

Anime TV 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～) (Yumi Matsuzawa)
 * Ending Theme: Heaven ~Boku no Naka no Tengoku~ (Heaven～僕の中の天国～) (Norishige Takahashi)