Salaryman Kintaro
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- Title: サラリーマン金太郎
- Title (English/romaji): Salaryman Kintaro
- Also known as: Kintaro, the White-collar Worker
- Format: Renzoku
- Genre: Human drama
- Broadcast networks: TBS, TV Asahi
Season 1 (TBS)
- Episodes: 11
- Viewership ratings: 19.0
- Broadcast period:
- 1999-Jan-10 to 1999-Mar-21
- SP: 1999-Oct-03
- Air time: Sunday 21:00
- Theme songs:
- Kibo no Kane ga Naru Asa ni by The Alfee
- Taiyo wo Dakitai by Takahashi Katsunori
Synopsis
Kintaro Yajima 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
User/Viewer Ratings
Cast
- Takahashi Katsunori as Yajima Kintaro
- Shimada Tomonosuke (島田智之介) as Yajima Ryuta
- Megumi Toshiaki as Maeda Ichiro
- Aota Noriko as Sakurai Kyoko
- Hosaka Naoki as Takatsukasa Seiji
- Tsugawa Masahiko as Yamato Ryunosuke
- Nogiwa Yoko as Nakamura Kayo
- Hada Michiko as Nakamura Masumi
- Mizuno Miki as Yajima Akemi
- Akino Taisaku as Kurokawa Yusaku
- Saito Yoko (斎藤陽子) as Suenaga Misuzu
- Enomoto Kanako as Suenaga Bibi
- Moriyama Shuichiro (森山周一郎) as Oshima Genzo
- Katsumura Masanobu as Tanaka Masakazu
- Ashida Shinsuke (芦田伸介) as Mita Zenkichi
- Hatano Hiroko as Kobayashi Kazue
- Arase (荒勢) as Hitotsubashi Shingo
- Yamazakita Yoshiko (山崎田美子) as Hagimoto Rumiko
- Yamaki Kenji (八巻建弐) as Sozo
- Kubo Akira as Chief Amagasaki
- Nanbara Koji (南原宏治) as Honjo Masaru
- Koyama Shigeru as Takemoto
- Okita Hiroyuki (沖田浩之) as Tomioka Shuhei
- Tayama Ryosei as Noda
- Sawaguchi Yasuko as Shinozuka Yoko (SP)
- Shimaki Joji (島木譲二) (SP)
Production Credits
- Original work: Motomiya Hiroshi (本宮ひろ志)
- Screenwriter: Nakazono Kenji (中園健司)
- Producer: Morita Mitsunori (森田光則)
- Director: Morita Mitsunori, Tomita Katsunori (冨田勝典), Kuranuki Kenjiro (倉貫健二郎)
- Music: Takamizawa Toshihiko (高見沢俊彦)
Season 2 (TBS)
- Episodes: 12
- Viewership ratings: 16.3
- Broadcast period: 2000-Apr-09 to 2000-Jul-02
- Air time: Sunday 21:00
- Theme song: Kizuna by Oda Tetsuro
Synopsis
Kintaro, motorcycle-gang-leader-turned-businessman, returns in a sequel to the original 1999 hit. Takahashi Katsunori stars in this adaptation of a popular comic book series. Although he has been promoted to Section Chief, he still has a passionate nature that sometimes explodes. Another thing that hasn't changed is his popularity with women. --Kiku TV
Cast
- Takahashi Katsunori as Yajima Kintaro
- Shimada Tomonosuke (島田智之介) as Yajima Ryuta
- Hada Michiko as Yajima Masumi
- Sawaguchi Yasuko as Shinozuka Yoko
- Megumi Toshiaki as Maeda Ichiro
- Katsumura Masanobu as Tanaka Masakazu
- Hosaka Naoki as Takatsukasa Seiji
- Akino Taisaku as Kurokawa Yusaku
- Saito Yoko (斎藤陽子) as Suenaga Misuzu
- Enomoto Kanako as Suenaga Bibi
- Moriyama Shuichiro (森山周一郎) as Oshima Genzo
- Tsugawa Masahiko as Yamato Ryunosuke
- Nogiwa Yoko as Nakamura Kayo
- Aota Noriko as Sakurai Kyoko
- Uzaki Kei (宇崎慧) as Shiina Tadashi
- Takachi Noboru as Higashiyama Eiji
- Ishida Taro as Minegishi Soichiro
- Umemiya Masako as Okada Kiriko
- Ando Ryoji as Sugimoto Jiro
- Kitamura Soichiro as Higashiyama Hideo
- Hasegawa Hatsunori as Mizutani Takashi
Production Credits
- Original work: Motomiya Hiroshi (本宮ひろ志)
- Screenwriter: Nakazono Kenji (中園健司)
- Producer: Morita Mitsunori (森田光則)
- Director: Tomita Katsunori (冨田勝典)
Season 3 (TBS)
- Episodes: 11
- Viewership rating: 15.5
- Broadcast period: 2002-Jan-06 to 2002-Mar-17
- Air time: Sunday 21:00
- Theme song: Atsuku Nare by Takahashi Katsunori
Synopsis
Kintaro's popular TV series based on the former gang leader turned salaryman is back again. In this series, Kintaro's construction company merges with another, but the two staffs still compete against each other. Kintaro is assigned to work in the president's office and must help to confront the core problems of the corperation in Kintaro's characteristically aggressive fashion. Will it be enough to move those so unwilling to change? --TBS
Cast
- Takahashi Katsunori as Yajima Kintaro
- Hada Michiko as Yajima Masumi
- Hosaka Naoki as Takatsukasa Seiji
- Megumi Toshiaki as Maeda Ichiro
- Katsumura Masanobu as Tanaka Masakazu
- Moriguchi Yoko as Fujiwara Fuyumi
- Matsukata Hiroki as Yajima Teruo
- Moriyama Shuichiro (森山周一郎) as Oshima Genzo
- Kyokuyama Eri as Yuki Nobuko
- Shimada Tomonosuke (島田智之介) as Yajima Ryuta
- Tsunoda Ayami (角田彩海) as Yajima Mika
- Tsugawa Masahiko as Yamato Ryunosuke
- Nogiwa Yoko as Nakamura Kayo
- Hasegawa Hatsunori as Mizutani Takashi
Guests
- Fukikoshi Mitsuru
- Nagato Hiroyuki
- Narimiya Hiroki
- Shikauchi Takashi (鹿内孝)
- Terada Minori
- Funaki Masakatsu (船木誠勝)
- Shimazaki Wakako
- Mashiko Rie
- Usui Shizuka (臼井静)
- Ashida Shotaro
- Genkai Ryuji (玄海竜二)
- Mayuko
- Otsuka Yoshitaka (大塚よしたか)
- Okamoto Kotaro (岡本光太郎)
- Ishiyama Yudai (石山雄大)
- Tsukumo Hajime (九十九一)
- Okada Tadashi
- Fujiwara Teppei (藤原鉄苹)
- Nakamaru Shinsho
- Date Naoto (伊達直斗)
- Minami Nao (南奈央)
- Okita Koji (沖田弘二)
- Sakai Toshiya
- Minami Toyokazu (三波豊和)
- Shigehisa Koichi (重久剛一)
- Jukkanji Baiken (十貫寺梅軒)
- Ito Nobuhiro (伊藤延広)
- Ishii Yosuke (石井洋祐)
- Matsuda Shigeharu (松田重治)
- Sasano Takashi
- Shima Kaori
- Tsunoda Ayami (角田彩海)
Season 4 (TBS)
- Episodes: 10
- Viewership rating: 11.2
- Broadcast period: 2004-Jan-15 to 2004-Mar-18
- Air time: Thursday 21:00
- 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. --TBS
Cast
- Takahashi Katsunori as Yajima Kintaro
- Hada Michiko as Yajima Masumi
- Nagashima Kazushige as Yamada Ryuhei
- Makise Riho as Sudo Reiko
- Ishihara Yoshizumi as Yoshioka Tsutomu
- Osawa Mikio as Nakazawa Teppei
- Akino Taisaku as Kurokawa Yusaku
- Kyokuyama Eri as Yuki Nobuko
- Ebihara Yuri as Aikawa Masami
- Shimada Tomonosuke (島田智之介) as Yajima Ryuta
- Tsunoda Ayami (角田彩海) as Yajima Mika
- Hosaka Naoki as Takatsukasa Seiji
- Naitou Takashi as Enjoji Takashi
- Nogiwa Yoko as Nakamura Kayo
- Takahashi Hideki as Shimazu Momotaro
- Megumi Toshiaki as Maeda Ichiro
- Hasegawa Hatsunori as Mizutani Takashi
- Ishihara Yoshizumi as Yoshioka Tsutomu
- Furukawa Takatoshi (古川貴稔) as Umetani Kazuma
- Haruta Junichi as Ishigaki Satoshi
- Hamada Masuke (濱田マ助) as Kanda Yusaku
- Sato Masahiro as Watanabe Kohei
- Tatara Jun (多々良純) as Inumaru Shigenobu
- Iida Kisuke as Okada Ryuji
- Arai Yasuhiro as Miyata Teruo
- Ashida Yuka (芦田由夏) as Kotono
- Yamada Goichi (山田吾一) as Honjo Sho
Production Credits
- Original work: Motomiya Hiroshi (本宮ひろ志)
- Screenwriter: Nakazono Kenji (中園健司), Sekine Toshio (関根俊夫)
- Producer: Morita Mitsunori (森田光則)
- Director: Kuranuki Kenjiro (倉貫健二郎), Tomita Katsunori (冨田勝典)
- Music: Nakamura Yukio (中村幸代)
Season 1 (TV Asahi)
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- Episodes: 10
- Viewership rating: 11.8 (Kanto)
- Broadcast period: 2008-Oct-10 to 2008-Dec-12
- Air time: Friday 23:15
Synopsis
Cast
- Nagai Masaru as Yajima Kintaro
- Inoue Waka as Yajima Misuzu
- Aoyama Noriko as Sakurai Kyoko
- Kazami Shingo as Mizuki Mamoru
- Kikuchi Kenichiro as Maeda Ichiro
- Ogawa Nana as Tanaka Masako
- Tsuji Osamu (辻修) as Ishikawa Goro
- Azama Myu as Iwashita Megumi
- Shioyama Misako (塩山みさこ) as Sano Rikako
- Kaneda Mika (金田美香) as Toyama Marina
- Minami Keisuke as Shiina Tadashi
- Sato Megumi as Yajima Akemi / Anzai Yukino
- Hashizume Ryu (橋爪龍) as Yajima Ryuta
- Maro Akaji as Mita Zenkichi
- Sasaki Sumie as Nakamura Kayo
- Hosokawa Shigeki as Takatsukasa Seiji
- Shiba Toshio as Oshima Genzo
- Furuya Ikko as Kurokawa Yusaku
- Utsui Ken as Yamato Morinosuke
Others
- Takasugi Kodai (高杉航大)
- Endo Tatsuo
- Tozawa Yusuke (戸沢佑介)
- Okada Masanori (岡田正典)
- Nishimaru Yuko as Asano Maki
- Muro Tsuyoshi
- Mori Kazuma (森一馬)
- Kamui Kyoji (神威杏次)
- Mihara Yuki (三原勇希)
- Nagae Hidekazu
- Kodama Takashi (ep4-5)
- Okuda Tatsuhito (ep6)
Production Credits
- Original work: Motomiya Hiroshi (本宮ひろ志)
- Screenwriter: Fukasawa Masaki
- Producer: Yokochi Ikuei
- Director: Komatsu Takashi
Episode Information
| Episode | Ratings (Kanto) |
Ratings (Kansai) | Ratings (Nationwide) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 13.8 | ? | ? |
| 02 | 11.1 | ? | ? |
| 03 | 10.9 | ? | ? |
| 04 | 12.1 | ? | ? |
| 05 | 12.1 | ? | ? |
| 06 | 11.3 | ? | ? |
| 07 | 9.5 | ? | ? |
| 08 | 11.1 | ? | ? |
| 09 | 13.6 | ? | ? |
| 10 | 12.6 | ? | ? |
| Average | 11.8 | ? | ? |
Source: Video Research, Ltd.
Season 2 (TV Asahi)
- Broadcast period: 2010-Jan-08 to 2010-Mar-12
- Air time: Friday 23:15
- Theme song: long time no see by B'z
Synopsis
Cast
- Nagai Masaru as Yajima Kintaro
- Inoue Waka as Yajima Misuzu
- Aoyama Noriko as Sakurai Kyoko
- Hosokawa Shigeki as Takatsukasa Seiji
- Furuya Ikko as Kurokawa Yusaku
- Utsui Ken as Yamato Morinosuke
- Akimoto Sayaka as Torii Madoka
- Nishimaru Yuko as Asano Maki
Guests
- Amada Reki (ep3-5)
- Nakagoshi Noriko (ep5-6)
Production Credits
- Original work: Motomiya Hiroshi (本宮ひろ志)
External Links
- TBS Drama Archive
- Season 2 (TBS) official site
- Season 4 (TBS) official site
- TV Asahi official site
- Japanese Wikipedia
- JDorama.com
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