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Salaryman Kintaro

Japanese · サラリーマン金太郎

Created by Kenichi Kamio

1999–2004

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.

First aired
10 Jan 1999
Episode length
48 min
Also known as
Kintaro, the White-collar worker
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
Writers
Kenji Nakazono, Toshio Sekine
Music
Hiroya Watanabe, Yukiyo Nakamura
Editor
Mamoru Sonehara
Producers
Kenjiro Kuranuki, Mitsunori Morita
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Seasons · 44 episodes

  • Season 1

    1999

  • Season 2

    2000

    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.

  • Season 3

    2002

    He's 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.

  • Season 4

    2004

    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, Momotaro Shimazu. 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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