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Salaryman Kintaro (TV)

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Alternative title:
サラリーマン金太郎 (Japanese)
Genres: drama
Themes: yakuza
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Yajima Kintaro used to be the charismatic leader of a biker gang. Then he retired to have a family. With his wife dead in childbirth, and all alone with a baby boy, Kintaro now embarks upon a new adventure—as the strangest salaryman in all of Japan.
Ratings: 83 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Excellent: 9 votes (sub:9)
 Very good: 24 votes (sub:22, dub:1, others:1
1 German dubbed
)
 Good: 26 votes (sub:26)
 Decent: 8 votes (sub:8)
 So-so: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Weak: -
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 171 s, rank: #4247 (of 9998)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.181 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.8637, rank: #3105 (of 10155)
Weighted mean: 7.263 (Good+), rank: #2614 (of 10155) (seen all: 7.46 / seen some: 7.31 / won't finish: 3.43)
Bayesian estimate: 7.292 (Good+), rank: #2256 (of 7635)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 20
Episode titles: We have 20
Vintage: 2001-02-18 to 2001-03-18
Opening Theme:
"時空~ときのそら~ (Jikuu ~Toki no Sora~)" by Yumi Matsuzawa
Ending Theme:
"Heaven~僕の中の天国~ (~Boku no Naka no Tengoku~)" by Norishige Takahashi
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DVD (Region 1)
    Salaryman Kintaro (Sub.DVD 1) 2005-05-31 (from $4.98)
    Salaryman Kintaro (Sub.DVD 2) 2005-06-28 (from $9.99)
    Salaryman Kintaro (Sub.DVD 3) 2005-11-15 (from $11.99)
    Salaryman Kintaro (Sub.DVD 4) 2006-01-31 (from $34.99)
    Salaryman Kintaro (Sub.DVD 5) 2006-03-28
    Young Japan - Salaryman Kintaro Part 1 + Young Thugs: Innocent Blood (Sub.DVD) 2008-04-29 (from $34.95)
    Young Japan - Salaryman Kintaro Part 2 + Bullet Ballet (Sub.DVD) 2008-06-24 (from $12.95)
    Young Japan - Salaryman Kintaro Part 3 + Blue Spring (Sub.DVD) 2008-07-29 (from $19.95)
    Young Japan - Salaryman Kintaro Part 4 + Ley Lines (Sub.DVD) 2008-08-26 (from $19.95)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Composition: Sukehiro Tomita
Script:
Sukehiro Tomita (14 episodes
eps 1-6, 8-18 even, 19-20
)

Episode Director:
Tomoharu Katsumata (6 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10, 14-15, 18
)

Yoshitaka Makino (4 episodes
eps 2, 6, 11, 16
)

Original creator: Hiroshi Motomiya
Character Design: Masami Suda
Art Director:
Jinzaburo Kaiho (6 episodes
eps 2, 4, 7, 10, 14, 17
)

Animation Director:
Tamao Ohkura (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 19
)

Yūki Kinoshita (4 episodes
eps 3, 8, 13, 20
)

Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
Director of Photography: Koji Yamakoshi
Executive producer:
Toshiaki Harada (TBS)
Producer:
Tōru Nakano (81 PRODUCE)

Animation producer:
Toshio Katsuta
Assistant Episode Director: Masahiko Watanabe (eps 4, 9)
Assistant producer:
Hideo Momota (81 PRODUCE)
Background Art:
Akitaka Uetouge (Cosmos Arts; 15 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5-6, 8-9, 11, 13-20
)

Hironori Ishikawa (Cosmos Arts; 15 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5-6, 8-9, 11, 13-20
)

Kamekichi Suehiro (Cosmos Arts; 14 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5, 8-9, 11, 13-20
)

Kouki Tachibana (Cosmos Arts; 15 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5-6, 8-9, 11, 13-20
)

Motonaga Kaneda (Cosmos Arts; ep 6)
Color design: Kyōko Shibata
Color Key:
Hidemi Wada (5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6-7, 9
)

Kanako Hayashi (4 episodes
eps 5, 10, 15, 18
)

Takeshi Satō (eps 16, 20)
Finish Animation:
Yuki Matsuura (Light Foot; ep 3)
In-Between Animation:
Masashi Nomura (J.C.F; 4 episodes
eps 9, 15, 17, 19
)

Mayumi Kaneda (J.C.F; 8 episodes
eps 4, 7, 9, 11-12, 15, 17-18
)

Takashi Isomatsu (J.C.F; 12 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-7, 9-10, 12, 15, 18-19
)

Yoshihiko Matsui (J.C.F; 12 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-7, 9-10, 12, 15, 18-19
)

Yumiko Goto (Studio Cab; eps 3, 8)
Key Animation:
Fumiko Urawa (4 episodes
eps 3, 8, 13, 20
)

Gen Takase (4 episodes
eps 6, 11, 16, 19
)

Hiroki Abe (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 19
)

Kiyoshi Matsumoto (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 19
)

Kōji Kataoka (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 20
)

Nobuyoshi Sasakado (6 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10, 15, 18, 20
)

Satoshi Nishimura (4 episodes
eps 3, 8, 13, 20
)

Tamotsu Tanaka (5 episodes
eps 6, 10-11, 16, 19
)

Tsuyoshi Kakihara (4 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 16
)

Yoshitaka Koyama (4 episodes
eps 6, 11-12, 16
)

Yukiyoshi Hane (eps 10, 17)
Line Producer: Yoshinaga Minami
Music producer: Isao Ito (Discovery Entertainment)
Music Selection: Junichiro Suzuki (Swara Production)
Photography:
Yuichi Katsumata (T. Nishimura)
Planning: Tōru Nakano (81 PRODUCE)
Planning Cooperation: Kenji Fujie (Weekly Young Jump Editorial Department)
Production Advancement:
Hideaki Onodera (4 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10, 15
)

Shin'ichi Naitō (4 episodes
eps 2, 6, 11, 16
)

Yoshihiro Abe (5 episodes
eps 4, 7, 9, 14, 19
)

Yoshikazu Inagaki (ep 12)
Production Desk: Moriya Uchiyama
Recording Adjustment: Tetsuya Satake
Sound Effects: Yasuyuki Konno (Swara Production)
Sound Producer: Takeshi Nishina
Sound Production Manager: Takeshi Takadera
Theme Song Performance: Yumi Matsuzawa (OP)
Video Editing: Kazumasa Taniuchi (TOVIC)
Atsuko Tanaka as Suenaga Misuzu
Taisei Miyamoto as Yajima Kintaro

Hiroaki Ishikawa as Goro Ishikawa
Kōichi Nagano as Ichiro Maeda
Masako Katsuki as Sakurai Kyoko
Rumiko Ukai as Kinue Mizuki
Ryōka Yuzuki as Suenaga Mimi
Seizō Katō as Zenkichi Mita
Takayuki Yamaguchi as Kazuki Mizuki

Akiko Takeguchi as Mrs. Yamato
Asako Fujii as Landlady (ep 8)
Atsuki Tani as
Kanai
Kanzaki (ep 13)
Tenpo Group Associate
Daiki Nakamura as Okawa (ep 13)
Eri Nishida as Mikiko Ezawa (ep 3)
Hidenari Ugaki as
Black Suit (ep 9)
Driver (ep 3)
Noriaki Arai
Real Estate Agent (ep 1)
Shemale 1 (ep 4)
Yakuza (ep 2)
Yamauchi
Hiroshi Naka as
Manager Kanai (ep 9)
Momoi
Hiroshi Tsuchida as
Assistant Manager Omori (ep 2)
Employee (eps 1, 8)
Shemale 2 (ep 4)
Sports Car Man (ep 6)
Kan Tanaka as
Driver (ep 6)
Kurosaki (ep 4)
Manager (ep 5)
Sakuragi Personnel Manager (ep 1)
Uncle (ep 13)
Yamamoto (eps 11-12)
Katsuhisa Hōki as Kaminaga Hiroshi
Katsumi Chō as
Okada (ep 12)
Takeda (ep 1) 
Kayo Yuunagi as
Female Employee 1 (ep 1)
Kiosk Clerk (ep 6)
Mom (ep 2)
Motorcycle Gang Woman (ep 4)
Keikou Sakai as
Boss (ep 13)
Employee (ep 2)
Higuchi
Hoodlum (ep 1)
Motorcycle Gang Member (eps 3-4)
Kenta Miyake as
Guest (ep 2)
Shirakubo (ep 1)
Kiyonobu Suzuki as
Human Resources Manager (ep 10)
Itani (ep 7)
Matsui (eps 8-9)
Kiyoshi Kawakubo as Tomokazu Morinosuke
Kōichi Nagano as Maeda Ichiro
Kōsei Tomita as Igo Ryuzo
Kunihiko Yasui as Shiina Takashi
Masako Joh as Kazue Saeki (ep 1)
Masaru Motegi as
Employee (ep 5)
Kizu
Man (ep 6)
Masayuki Kumagai as
Employee (ep 7)
Nakazawa (ep 1)
Takeshi Ohmori (ep 2)
Mie Odagi as Mitsuko Yajima (ep 13)
Mitsuo Yagi as Kakei (ep 1) 
Nachi Nozawa as Kurokawa Yuusaku
Nobuaki Sekine as Mizuki Mamoru
Ryūji Nakagi as Fujii (ep 1)
Satoshi Katōgi as Kimura
Seiko Tomoe as Nakamura Kayo
Shiho Kikuchi as Yuki Ezawa
Shōko Kikuchi as Chieko Kanzaki (ep 8)
Takashi Nagasako as Shingo Hitotsubashi
Takeshi Watabe as Oshima Genzo
Tomoko Miyadera as Aunt (ep 13)
Tomoyuki Kōno as
Biker Gang (ep 1)
Tanaka Masakazu
Tomoyuki Shimura as Big Man
Toshihide Tsuchiya as
Director Takano (ep 5)
Guard (ep 6)
Kurasawa (ep 7)
Public Corporation Deputy Director (ep 12)
Toshitaka Hirano as
Director Sawano (ep 4)
Man (ep 7)
Ozaki
Shopkeeper (ep 13)
Tadokoro (ep 6)
Yukiko Fujikawa as
Female Clerk (ep 2)
Female Employee 2 (ep 1)
Yoshie (eps 10, 12)
Yūko Katō as Takako Aoba

Hiroaki Ishikawa (eps 1, 11)
Hiroshi Tsuchida (eps 5, 7)
Katsumi Chō (ep 13)
Yukiko Fujikawa (eps 5, 9)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: J.C.F.
Background Art:
Cosmos Arts (15 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5-6, 8-9, 11, 13-20
)

E-cho (5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 7, 10, 12
)

Finish Animation:
Anime World Osaka (6 episodes
eps 4, 6-7, 9, 16-17
)

E-cho (13 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-7, 9-12, 16-17, 19
)

Studio CATS (16 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-7, 9-16, 18-19
)

Yuhodo (ep 16)
In-Between Animation:
Anime World Osaka (7 episodes
eps 4-5, 7, 9-10, 16-17
)

E-cho (9 episodes
eps 1, 6-7, 9, 11-12, 16-17, 19
)

Studio CATS (8 episodes
eps 7, 9, 14-16, 18-20
)

Tokyo Animation Center (5 episodes
eps 2, 6-7, 9, 11
)

Zero-G (as Zero G Room; eps 1, 5, 10)
Key Animation:
Nakamura Production (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 12, 16
)

Music Production: Light Link Music
Photography: T. Nishimura
Production Cooperation: Studio Cab (4 episodes
eps 3, 8, 13, 20
)

Recording Studio:
Tokyo TV Center
Sound Production: HALF H·P STUDIO
Video Editing: TOVIC
English staff
English companies
Executive producer: Gerry Malir
Licensed by: Arts Magic
Subtitles: Arts Magic
Translation: Arts Magic
English cast
(none)

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