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• Actors: Katsunori Takahashi, Kanako Enomoto, Michiko Hada, Naoki Hosaka, Renji Ishibashi
• Directors: Takashi Miike
• Writers: Hiroshi Motomiya, Kenji Nakazono, Naoko Harada
• Producers: Kazuya Hamana, Mitsunori Morita, Morihiro Kodama
• Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), Japanese (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: ArtsmagicDVD
• DVD Release Date: September 27, 2005
• Run Time: 110 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0009NSDXY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #165,123 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Salaryman Kintaro Part 2" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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"AN INSPIRING MESSAGE WRAPPED UP IN A BALL-BUSTING PACKAGE"

Product Description

Kintaro’s taking them all on... the girls, the gangs, the corporation... and is STILL coming out a winner! After saving his son from certain death, the super salaryman leads a challenge to the corrupt faction that dominates Yamato Construction. He also finds an unlikely ally in a powerful yakuza boss who has warmed to Kintaro’s moral & physical strengths.

EPISODE 5: The resistance against the crooked President and his cronies grows, while Kintaro arrives home to an unexpected but welcome surprise.

EPISODE 6: Big trouble arrives at Yamato and it’s aimed straight at Kintaro! Meanwhile, the President makes his move to gain full control of the company.

EPISODE 7: Kintaro takes on two deadly yakuza trouble makers while a tense boardroom battle decides the fate of Yamato Construction.

EPISODE 8: The Chairman’s meeting with a yakuza boss doesn’t quite go as he expected, and Kintaro celebrates his new promotion by dispensing some instant railside justice.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great drama, great action, January 12, 2011

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This review is from: Salaryman Kintaro, Part 1 (DVD)

"Salaryman Kintaro" is about a tough biker who decides to abandon his wild lifestyle and get a white-collar job, so he can have enough money and stability to properly raise his infant son. But Kintaro's hotheaded personality and checkered past prove to be a mixed blessing in the context of his new job. While he has the raw charisma and determination to be a great corporate worker, he often disrupts the office environment by, for example, getting into fistfights with mobsters.

While this premise sounds ludicrous - and I guess it is - the characterization and plotting of this anime series are quite sincere. Far from being a standard tough guy, Kintaro is a well-drawn and emotional character, who adheres to a noble and rigorous moral code. He's like a modern-day knight, who actively combats injustice in a contemporary world where most people are content to live quietly and ignore wrongs done to others. At his best, Kintaro is actually an inspiring figure.

The plots of these episodes are equally well-drawn. The various storylines involve corporate back-stabbing, politics, loyalty, romance, and parenthood. Sometimes, these normally excellent stories descend into silly fist-fighting and macho posturing; but more often, the material is handled thoughtfully. The central question of the series is whether Kintaro - a man who has survived up to now by fighting for himself - can learn to adapt to the nicities of the corporate world and the responsibilities of fatherhood.

The series spans five DVDs, all of which are recommend to fans of anime, and indeed fans of drama in general. The quality of the animation is attractive, but a bit static; the characters and the stories are the real stars here. Highly recommended.

3.0 out of 5 stars Anime or live action?, December 22, 2010

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This review is from: Salaryman Kintaro, Part 1 (DVD)

This popular series made its initial success as a manga, and later this - an anime of an unconventional teacher whose methods are often quite winning. I had to admit, I prefer the live action series thanks to its razor-sharp humor, but the popularity of this franchise still exerts an effect on an audience. Was eventually made into a movie by Miike Takashi.