Salaryman Kintaro: Vols 1 – 5

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Based on the best-selling comic book, Salaryman Kintaro follows the adventures of Kintaro Yajima, a motorbike gang leader who is hired by the Yamato Construction Company when he saves the CEO’s life. With his forthright way of dealing with matters he starts solving problems the only way he knows how by busting heads and spilling blood. EPISODE 1: After saving the CEO’s lif, Kintaro begins work at his new job, and starts taking care of business in his own inimitable style. EPISODE 2: A night out with his new workmates leads Kintaro headfirst into a bloody confrontation with the Japanese Mafia, the Yakuza. EPISODE 3: A fishing trip with the CEO throws more trouble Kintaro’s way as a near fatal accident results in love. EPISODE 4: Kintaro unexpectedly runs into some former gang members, while dissension starts to form at the company. — Kintaro’s taking them all on… the girls, the gangs, the corporation… AND still comes out the winner! As well as saving his son’s life, our super salaryman leads a challenge to the corrupt faction in Yamato Corporation and finds an unlikely ally in a powerful yakuza who has warmed to his moral & physical strengths. EPISODE 5: The resistance against the crooked President and his cronies grows, while Kintaro arrives home to an unexpected but welcome suprise. EPISODE 6: Big trouble arrives at Yamato and it’s aimed stright 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. — Kintaro’s star is rising! Not only is the white-collar wonder landing lucrative contracts for Yamato Construction, he’s also caught the heart of the beautiful bar owner, Misuzu, making him the envy of a wide section of the male population. But even Kintaro might not be ready for what’s waiting for him at Mt. Kousei. EPISODE 9: After a hard day’s work pounding the streets meeting clients, Kintaro is taken to meet avery special someone at a very special bar… EPISODE 10: Sent to oversee the Mt. Kousei Tunnel construction site, Kintaro runs headfirst into trouble with the foreman, the gargantuan Shingo. EPISODE 11: Hospitalised after being humiliated at the hands of Shingo, our battered hero finds another way to deal with the problems at the site. EPISODE 12: Disaster strikes when the tunnel starts to cave in. Kintaro has to act quickly to save the tunnel and the workers trapped inside, before it collapses. — Kintaro once again heads straight into trouble when his remarkable success sees him transferred to a new city and a new department. It’s here that he realises he has much to learn about how deadly office politics can be. EPISODE 13: ‘Kintaro Returns Home’ Sub-section Chief Takatsukasa arrives at Yamato Construction with big changes in mind, and Kintaro firmly in his sights. EPISODE 14: ‘Kintaro Connects People’ Kintaro has tea with Madam Nakamura, who is much more than she seems, while Takatsukasa takes measures to eliminate his rival… EPISODE 15: ‘Kintaro Transferred’ Kintaro is transferred to Kahoku City and finds out his new superior, Sub-chief Igo, packs quite a punch! EPISODE 16: ‘Kintaro Works in Sales’ Under Igo’s supervision, Kintaro is thrown in at the deep end at a contract bid and finds bureaucracy is an enemy that maybe even he can’t beat. — As Kintaro climbs higher up the ladder of success, he comes to the attention of certain parties who want nothing more than to see him out of the picture… permanently! EPISODE 17 – Kintaro Prearranges Bidding Much to his own company’s suprise, Kintaro looks certain to win a lucrative contract but runs headfirst into the bureaucracy of city hall and the fearsome Hokuto General Construction. EPISODE 18 – Dark Fog in Kahoku After Kintaro’s unprecedented actions threaten their stranglehold on the city, the corrupt directors of Hokuto General scheme to make an example of Yamato Construction and wipe them out. EPISODE 19 – Kintaro Writes a Letter of Resignation With the corruption of City Hall revealed, Hokuto General turns to its yakuza partners to eliminate its competition, with Kintaro at the top of their list… EPISODE 20 – Kintaro Becomes Unruly A Furious Kintaro casts off his salaryman persona and once again reforms his Hasshu League biker gang… their target, the head offices of Hokuto General Construction!