is a Japanese fishing-themed manga series written by JÃ
«zÃ
 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 (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 117 on November 28, 2025
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: Toshiyuki Nishida (1~)
- Ichinosuke Suzuki: RentarÃ
 Mikuni (1~)
- Michiko Hamasaki: Eri Ishida (1~Special), Miyoko Asada (7~)
- Koitarou Hamasaki: Tomo Ueno (10~11), RyÃ
«ichi 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 KatÃ
 (3~)
- Executive Director Hotta: Takehiko Maeda (3~8), Shinobu Tsuruta (9~10, 12~), ShÃ
«ichirÃ
 Moriyama (11)
- Chief of Personnel Haraguchi: Raita RyÃ
« (7~10), Toshio Shiba (11~13), Takehiko Ono (14~)
- Secretary Kusamori: Yasuhisa Sonoda (2~6), TakuzÃ
 Kadono (7~9), Baijaku Nakamura (10~13, 15~), YÃ
Âsuke SaitÃ
 (14)
- Section Chief Funaki: TÃ
Âru Masuoka (15~)
- Chief Clerk Takoshima: Mitsuru KatÃ
 (11~12, 16~), Hiroshi Iwazaki (13)
- Maebara: Takashi Sasano (1~)
Anime television series
Cast
It has a crossover with Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger.
TV series
References
External links