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Movie: Free and Easy
Romaji: Tsuribaka Nisshi
Japanese: 釣りバカ日誌
Director: Tomio Kuriyama
Writer: Juzo Yamasaki (manga), Kenichi Kitami (manga), Akira Momoi, Yoji Yamada
Producer: Shizuo Yamanouchi
Cinematographer: Kosuke Yasuda
Release Date: December 24, 1988
Runtime: 93 min.
Production Company: Shochiku
Distributor: Shochiku
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Densuke Hamazaki is an office worker at Suzuki Construction and gets transferred to the main Tokyo office. After settling in to his surrounding along with his wife Eri, Densuke befriends an elderly man named Ichinosuke Suzuki. Ichinosuke is a lonely and old man who learns to enjoy life again through his friendship with Densuke. Meanwhile, Densuke is completely unaware that Ichinosuke is the boss of his construction company. The two men become friends through their shared passion for fishing.

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)
23. Tsuribaka Nisshi (TV Tokyo / 2015)
24. Tsuribaka Nisshi Season 2 (TV Tokyo / 2017)