Free and Easy: Samurai Edition

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Movie: Free and Easy: Samurai Edition
Romaji: Hana no oedo no Tsuribaka Nisshi
Japanese: 花のお江戸の釣りバカ日誌
Director: Tomio Kuriyama
Writer: Yoshitaka Asama, Yoji Yamada
Producer:
Cinematographer:
Release Date: December 23, 1998
Runtime: 118 min.
Production Company: Shochiku
Distributor: Shochiku
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

In the late Edo Period, a fishing-crazy warrior is kicked out of his clan and leads an itinerant existence with his long-suffering sister. He finds a kindred spirit in the leader of another clan...

Notes

Based on the manga "Tsuribaka nisshi" written by Juzo Yamasaki and illustrated by Kenichi Kitami. The comic has been serialized in "Big Comic Original" since 1979.
Series title "Tsuribaka nisshi" translates to "The diary of a fishing-crazy".
Series main character Densuke Hamasaki is a salaryman crazed about fishing. Ichinosuke Suzuki is the CEO of "Suzuki Construction," where Densuke works, and Ichinosuke Suzuki is also an avid fisherman.
Related titles:
1. Free and Easy | Tsuribaka nisshi (1988)
2. Free and Easy 2 | Tsuribaka nisshi 2 (1989)
3. Free and Easy 3 | Tsuribaka nisshi 3 (1990)
4. Free and Easy 4 | Tsuribaka nisshi 4 (1991)
5. Free and Easy 5 | Tsuribaka nisshi 5 (1992)
6. Free and Easy 6 | Tsuribaka nisshi 6 (1993)
7. Free and Easy Special Version | Tsuribaka nisshi supesharu (1994)
8. Free and Easy 7 | Tsuribaka nisshi 7 (1994)
9. Free and Easy 8 | Tsuribaka nisshi 8 (1996)
10. Free and Easy 9 | Tsuribaka nisshi 9 (1997)
11. Free and Easy 10 | Tsuribaka nisshi 10 (1998)
12. Free and Easy: Samurai Edition | Hana no oedo no Tsuribaka Nisshi (1998)
13. Free and Easy 11 | Tsuribaka nisshi 11 (2000)
14. Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project | Tsuribaka nisshi 12: Shijo saidai no kyuka (2000)
15. Free and Easy 13: Hama-chan in a Big Trouble | Tsuribaka nisshi 13: Hama-chan kiki ippatsu! (2002)
16. Free and Easy 14 | Tsuribaka nisshi 14 (2003)
17. Free and Easy 15: No Tomorrow For Hama-Chan | Tsuribaka nisshi 15: Hama-chan ni asu wa nai? (2004)
18. Free and Easy 16 | Tsuribaka nisshi 16 (2005)
19. Free and Easy 17 | Tsuribaka Nisshi 17: Ato wa Noto nare Hama to nare! (2006)
20. Free and Easy 18 | Tsuribaka Nisshi 18 (2007)
21. Free and Easy 19 | Tsuribaka nisshi 19 (2008)
22. Free and Easy 20: Final | Tsuribaka nisshi 20: Final (2009)