is a Japanese

manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...

series written and illustrated by Minetarō Mochizuki. It was serialized in

Kodansha is a Japanese privately held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha publishes manga magazines which include ''Nakayoshi'', ''Morning (magazine), Morning'', ''Afternoon (magazine), Afternoon'', ''Evening (magazine), Eveni ...

's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''

Weekly Young Magazine is a Japanese weekly anthology magazine published in Tokyo each Monday by Kodansha. The magazine started on June 16, 1980, and is targeted at the adult male () demographic. It was published bimonthly (under the title ), on the second and fourth ...

'' from 1985 to 1988. A

live-action film Live action is a form of cinematography or videography that uses photography instead of animation. Some works combine live action with animation to create a Live-action animation, live-action animated feature film. Live action is used to define ...

adaptation, directed by Joji Matsuoka, premiered in June 1990.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Minetarō Mochizuki, ''Bataashi Kingyo'' was serialized in

's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''

'' from 1985 to 1988. Kodansha collected its chapters in six ''

tankōbon A is a standard publishing format for books in Japan, alongside other formats such as ''shinsho'' (17x11 cm paperback books) and ''bunkobon''. Used as a loanword in English, the term specifically refers to a printed collection of a manga that w ...

'' volumes, released from May 15, 1986, to September 12, 1988.

Live-action film

adaptation, directed by Joji Matsuoka, and starring

Saki Takaoka is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 19th Hochi Film Award for '' Crest of Betrayal''. Filmography Film * ''cf girl'' (''cfガール'', 1989) * '' Swimming Upstream'' ('' バタアシ金魚'', 1990), Sonoko * '' ...

, Kazuko Shirakawa and , premiered on June 2, 1990.

Reception

The film was chosen as the third-best film at the 12th

Yokohama Film Festival The is an annual awards ceremony held in Yokohama, Japan. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year and various awards are given to personnel. The first festival, held on February 3, 1980, was a small affair by fans and film critics. In 1994, ...

. Joji Matsuoka won the Award for Best New Director,

won the award for Best Newcomer and Norimichi Kasamatsu won the award for Best Cinematography.

References

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* * 1990 directorial debut films 1990s Japanese films 1990s Japanese-language films Films directed by Joji Matsuoka Live-action films based on manga Manga adapted into films Seinen manga Swimming in anime and manga {{1990s-Japan-film-stub