Salaryman Kintaro

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  • Title: サラリーマン金太郎
  • Title (English/romaji): Salaryman Kintaro
  • Format: Renzoku
  • Genre: Human
  • Broadcast network: TBS

Season 1

  • Episodes: 11
  • Broadcast period: 1999-Jan-10 to 1999-Mar-21
  • Air time: Sunday 21:00
  • Theme song: Kibo no Kane ga Naru Asa ni by THE ALFEE

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Production Credits

Season 2

  • Episodes: 12
  • Broadcast period: 2000-Apr-9 to 2000-Jul-2
  • Air time: Sunday 21:00
  • Theme song: Kizuna by Oda Tetsuro (http://www.t-oda.jp) (織田哲郎)

Synopsis

Yajima Kintaro comes to Tokyo and is hired by Yamato Construction Company when he saves the life of the company's CEO. A former leader of a motorcycle gang, Kintaro is known for his highly principled and forthright way of dealing with matters and is never afraid to tell his superiors exactly what he thinks. This has a tendency of irritating some; but when corruption from within the company begins to surface, he may be the only one who can stand up to it. This story is based on the best-selling comic book of the same title. --TBS

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Season 3

  • Episodes: 11 Episodes
  • Viewership rating: 15.53%
  • Broadcast period: 2002-Jan-06 to 2002-Mar-17
  • Theme song: Atsuku Nare, by Takahashi Katsunori

Synopsis

Kintaro is a young man with a hot temper and a warm heart. He makes the impossible possible. This former motorcycle gang leader has come a long way in the corporate world. -- KikuTV

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Season 4

  • Episodes: 10
  • Viewership rating: 11.2
  • Broadcast period: 2004-Jan-15 to 2004-Mar-18
  • Theme song: Kibo no Hashi, by The Alfee

Synopsis

Following the death of his mentor, Yamato Construction chairman Yamato Ryunosuke, and tired of the Japanese corporate system, Kintaro leaves the salary man life. He returns to his hometown and becomes a fisherman. There he lives peacefully with his wife Masumi and their two children. Then an unexpected visitor arrives. It is Ryunosuke's younger cousin, Shimazu Momotaro. Momotaro puts a strange request to Kintaro - come back to Yamato Construction and work with Ryunosuke's son Ryuhei to rid it of its current management. Current Yamato president Takatsukasa has given in to pressure from ex-bureaucrat Enjoji and is about to become his accomplice in a shady scheme. Kintaro's sense of honor is rekindled.

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External Links




Autumn 1998 Season 1 Spring 1999
Nanisama Sunday 21:00 Good News



Winter 2000 Season 2 Summer 2000
Beautiful Life Sunday 21:00 Saimin



Autumn 2001 Season 3 Spring 2002
Gakkou no sensei Sunday 21:00 Yoisho no Otoko



Autumn 2003 Season 4 Spring 2004
Et Alors Thursday 21:00 Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari 4

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