is a Japanese

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-themed

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series written by

Jūzō Yamasaki is a Japanese manga artist. His best known work is ''Tsuribaka Nisshi'' with art by Kenichi Kitami. Yamasaki originally wrote screenplays for Toei, but was laid off and decided to pursue a career in manga instead. He has won both the Shogakukan ...

and illustrated by Kenichi Kitami. It has been serialized in

Shogakukan is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, comics (manga), non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hit ...

's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''

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'' since 1979. It won the 28th

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in 1983. The series has been adapted into a popular and long running movie series and

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television series. By 2020, it had over 26 million copies in circulation.

Overview

The story focuses on

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Densuke Hamasaki (a.k.a. Hama-chan), whom his supervisor Sasaki has dubbed the "Fishing Baka" because of his passion for fishing. One day Hama-chan meets and befriends an older fisherman named Su-san, who turns out to be Ichinosuke Suzuki, the CEO of the "Suzuki Construction" company that Hama-chan works for. The stories tend to focus on their relationship inside and outside of the office.

Characters

; :Nicknamed . A salaryman/fishing baka who escapes his boring work life through fishing. ; :Hama-chan's wife. ; :Hama-chan's son. ; :The Hamasaki family dog. ; :Nicknamed . Hama-chan's boss who becomes his fishing apprentice. ; :Hama-chan's supervisor who doesn't understand his love for fishing and sometimes mispronounces his name as Hamazaki. ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : ; :

Manga

The individual chapters have been collected into volumes from July 29, 1980, to volume 109 on March 30, 2022

Film series

The franchise had a live-action film series that spanned 20 mainline films released from 1988 to 2009, along with two spin-off films. The following are lists of the films and the regular cast members.

Series

Regular cast

*Densuke Hamasaki:

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(1~) *Ichinosuke Suzuki:

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(1~) *Michiko Hamasaki:

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(1~Special),

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(7~) *Koitarou Hamasaki: Tomo Ueno (10~11), Ryūichi Sugawara (12~13), Kaga Mochimaru (14~) *Kazuo Sasaki:

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(1~) *Hachirou Ohta:

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(1~) *Hisae Suzuki: Yatsuko Tanami (1~6),

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(9~) *Director Akiyama: Takehiko Maeda (1), Takeshi Katō (3~) *Executive Director Hotta: Takehiko Maeda (3~8), Shinobu Tsuruta (9~10, 12~),

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(11) *Chief of Personnel Haraguchi:

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(7~10), Toshio Shiba (11~13),

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(14~) *Secretary Kusamori: Yasuhisa Sonoda (2~6), Takuzō Kadono (7~9), Baijaku Nakamura (10~13, 15~),

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(14) *Section Chief Funaki: Tōru Masuoka (15~) *Chief Clerk Takoshima: Mitsuru Katō (11~12, 16~), Hiroshi Iwazaki (13) *Maebara:

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(1~)

Anime television series

Cast

*Densuke Hamasaki:

Kōichi Yamadera is a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and singer from Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture. He graduated from Tohoku Gakuin University's economics school and is currently affiliated with Across Entertainment. Before that, he was affiliated with th ...

*Ichinosuke Suzuki:

Chikao Ōtsuka was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. He was most known for the roles of Captain Hook (''Peter Pan no Bōken & Disney's Peter Pan''), Dick Dastardly (''Wacky Races'' & ''Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines''), Goemon Ishikaw ...

*Michiko Hamasaki:

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*Koitarou Hamasaki: Akemi Satō *Hazatarou:

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(2nd voice) *Kazuo Sasaki:

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*Sasaki's Wife:

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*Madoko Suzuki: Emiko Tanada *Kenichirou Dago:

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*Reiko Nakamura:

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*Yuusuke Sou:

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*Narration, Chief Akiyama, Hazetarou (1st voice):

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TV series

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: Densuke Hamasaki *

: Ichinosuke Suzuki

References

External links

''Tsuribaka Nisshi'' film official website

* {{Shogakukan Manga Award - General 1979 manga 2002 anime television series debuts Fishing in anime and manga Seinen manga Shogakukan manga Toei Animation television TV Asahi original programming Winners of the Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga