Free and Easy
7.1
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.
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22 films
Free and Easy
Movie · 1988
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Free and Easy 3
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Free and Easy 4
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Free and Easy 5
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Free and Easy 6
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Free and Easy 7
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Free and Easy 8
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Free and Easy 9
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Free and Easy 10
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Free and Easy 11
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Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
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Free and Easy 13
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Free and Easy 14
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Free and Easy 15
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Free and Easy 16
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Free and Easy 17
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Free and Easy 18
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Free and Easy 19
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Free and Easy 20: Final
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Cast
14 people
Toshiyuki Nishida
Densuke Hamazaki
Known for
A Letter to Momo
Outrage Coda
Eri Ishida
Michiko Hamazaki
Known for
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
Lost Girls & Love Hotels
Rentaro Mikuni
Ichinosuke Suzuki
Known for
Kwaidan
The Burmese Harp
Kei Tani
Known for
After Life
Samurai Fiction
Mami Yamase
Known for
Super Mario Brothers: Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach
Hiromitsu Suzuki
Also in
B-Robo Kabutack
A New Love in Tokyo
Ken Nakamoto
Known for
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Jun Togawa
Also in
The Legend of the Stardust Brothers
Untamagiru
Yasuhisa Sonoda
Known for
Vengeance Is Mine
Takashi Sasano
Known for
Sanctuary
Love and Honor
Akira Nagoya
Known for
Princess Mononoke
A Thousand and One Nights
Takehiko Maeda
Also in
P. P. Rider
Fighting Elegy
Tomio Kuriyama Director · Yoji Yamada Writer Akira Momoi Writer
United States release March 1, 1989 · Produced in Japan · Original title 釣りバカ日誌
Production
Shochiku
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
釣りバカ日誌
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · December 24, 1988
Theatrical
United States · March 1, 1989
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