Overview
The story focuses on salaryman 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, 2022Film 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: Toshiyuki Nishida (1~) *Ichinosuke Suzuki: Rentarō Mikuni (1~) *Michiko Hamasaki: Eri Ishida (1~Special), Miyoko Asada (7~) *Koitarou Hamasaki: Tomo Ueno (10~11), Ryūichi Sugawara (12~13), Kaga Mochimaru (14~) *Kazuo Sasaki: Kei Tani (1~) *Hachirou Ohta: Ken Nakamoto (1~) *Hisae Suzuki: Yatsuko Tanami (1~6), Tomoko Naraoka (9~) *Director Akiyama: Takehiko Maeda (1), Takeshi Katō (3~) *Executive Director Hotta: Takehiko Maeda (3~8), Shinobu Tsuruta (9~10, 12~), Shūichirō Moriyama (11) *Chief of Personnel Haraguchi: Raita Ryū (7~10), Toshio Shiba (11~13), Takehiko Ono (14~) *Secretary Kusamori: Yasuhisa Sonoda (2~6), Takuzō Kadono (7~9), Baijaku Nakamura (10~13, 15~), Yōsuke Saitō (14) *Section Chief Funaki: Tōru Masuoka (15~) *Chief Clerk Takoshima: Mitsuru Katō (11~12, 16~), Hiroshi Iwazaki (13) *Maebara: Takashi Sasano (1~)Anime television series
Cast
*Densuke Hamasaki: Kōichi Yamadera *Ichinosuke Suzuki: Chikao Ōtsuka *Michiko Hamasaki: Misa Watanabe *Koitarou Hamasaki: Akemi Satō *Hazatarou: Naomi Shindō (2nd voice) *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 (1st voice):TV series
* Gaku Hamada : Densuke Hamasaki * Toshiyuki Nishida : Ichinosuke SuzukiReferences
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