Tsuribaka Nisshi
Tsuribaka Nisshi is a Japanese fishing-themed manga series written by Jūzō Yamasaki and illustrated by Kenichi Kitami. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Original since 1979. It won the 28th Shogakukan Manga Award in 1983. The series has been adapted into a popular and long running movie series and anime television series. By 2020, it had over 26 million copies in circulation.
Overview
The story focuses on salaryman Densuke Hamasaki, 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
;Densuke Hamasaki;Michiko Hamasaki
;Koitarō Hamasaki
;Hazetarō
;Ichinosuke Suzuki
;Kazuo Sasaki
;Kenichirō Dago
;Tetsuo Akiyama
;Nakamori
;Ichirō Asamoto
;Kōzō Doi
;Haruo Inagawa
Manga
The individual chapters have been collected into volumes from July 29, 1980, to volume 117 on November 28, 2025Film 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.Regular cast
- Densuke Hamasaki: Toshiyuki Nishida
- Ichinosuke Suzuki: Rentarō Mikuni
- Michiko Hamasaki: Eri Ishida, Miyoko Asada
- Koitarou Hamasaki: Tomo Ueno, Ryūichi Sugawara, Kaga Mochimaru
- Kazuo Sasaki: Kei Tani
- Hachirou Ohta: Ken Nakamoto
- Hisae Suzuki: Yatsuko Tanami, Tomoko Naraoka
- Director Akiyama: Takehiko Maeda, Takeshi Katō
- Executive Director Hotta: Takehiko Maeda, Shinobu Tsuruta, Shūichirō Moriyama
- Chief of Personnel Haraguchi: Raita Ryū, Toshio Shiba, Takehiko Ono
- Secretary Kusamori: Yasuhisa Sonoda, Takuzō Kadono, Baijaku Nakamura, Yōsuke Saitō
- Section Chief Funaki: Tōru Masuoka
- Chief Clerk Takoshima: Mitsuru Katō, Hiroshi Iwazaki
- Maebara: Takashi Sasano
Anime television series
Cast
- Densuke Hamasaki: Kōichi Yamadera
- Ichinosuke Suzuki: Chikao Ōtsuka
- Michiko Hamasaki: Misa Watanabe
- Koitarou Hamasaki: Akemi Satō
- Hazatarou: Naomi Shindō
- Kazuo Sasaki: Naoki Tatsuta
- Sasaki's Wife: Chie Satō
- Madoko Suzuki: Emiko Tanada
- Kenichirou Dago: Tomokazu Seki
- Reiko Nakamura: Makiko Ōmoto
- Yuusuke Sou: Katsuyuki Konishi
- Narration, Chief Akiyama, Hazetarou : Yasuhiko Kawazu
TV series
- Gaku Hamada : Densuke Hamasaki
- Toshiyuki Nishida : Ichinosuke Suzuki