"Free & Easy Special Version (Tsuribaka nisshi supesharu)" film screening at The Japan Foundation, 5A Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV > 6:30pm to 8:16pm on 16th September 2014

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Time : 6:30 pm - 8:16 pm Add to Calendar 06-09-2014 14:00:00 06-09-2014 15:46:00 68 "Free & Easy Special Version (Tsuribaka nisshi supesharu)" film screening Event Page : http://goo.gl/1AIxe6 The Japan Foundation, 5A Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV, New Delhi - 110024 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served Basis)

Venue : The Japan Foundation, 5A Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV, New Delhi - 110024

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Event Description : "Free & Easy Special Version (Tsuribaka nisshi supesharu)" film screening.

Synopsis :
Hamasaki Densuke, a happy­go­lucky, less­than­average employee of a construction company is
devoted to two true loves: fishing and his family. He is such an expert at the art of fishing that he has, in secret, become a "teacher" to one very special pupil: Suzuki Ichinosuke, the president of his company, whom he treats with no particular deference. 

One day, Yamanouchi Akio, the owner of a prominent Ginza jewelry store, visits Ichinosuke to ask for his help. Yamanouchi's son Kengo has fallen in love with a woman he sees everyday on the train. Having found out through a detective that she is Sasaki Shino, the daughter of Sasaki Kazuo — a section chief at Suzuki Construction and Densuke's immediate boss — Yamanouchi asks Ichinosuke to help bring the two together. Summoning Sasaki to his office, Ichinosuke tells the nervous section chief of the proposed match. Elated to have such a prominent young man be introduced by the company president himself, Sasaki blurts out the secret to Densuke and rushes home to celebrate. Since Densuke himself cannot keep a secret, soon the entire company knows about the match before it has been finalized. With their parents serving as chaperones, Kengo and Shino finally meet and seem to like each other, much to everyone's delight except for Takeshi, the son of the local liquor store owner who is secretly in love with her. One day, he follows Shino as she goes to meet Kengo and, barging into their tryst, earnestly asks Kengo to take good care of her. Touched by this manifestation of his love, Shino decides to break off the relationship with Kengo in favor of Takeshi. 

Disappointed that the match failed, Ichinosuke goes to his favorite bar to chat with the madam Maiko and informing her that the widower Yamanouchi is interested in marrying her. Saying she already loves another (the implication is that it is the married Ichinosuke) Maiko refused about women, Ichinosuke heads over, as he often does, to the more simple and homey atmosphere of Densuke's house. Densuke however, is away on a business trip, so his wife Michiko must deal with a drunken Ichinosuke who soon falls asleep on the couch. She sends him off in the morning, but the sight is caught by Tamiya, the local bicycle repairman, who suspects an affair. Tamiya relates his suspicions to Densuke, who then rushes home to confront Michiko with "the facts." She calmly answers all his questions, but the over-emotional Densuke cannot listen, so she leaves for her hometown of Izumo.

At work, first Sasaki, believing that he has let down the president, goes to Ichinosuke's office to tender his resignation, then Densuke suddenly barges in to hand in his own. Bewildered, Ichinosuke rejects them both and sends Densuke off to Izumo to bring Michiko back. Densuke rushes off to Izumo to apologize to his wife, but just as the two are about to have a private moment together, Ichinosuke, as he is wont to do, suddenly shows up all set for going fishing.

Director : Azuma Morisaki

Year : 1994

Cast & Crew : Toshiyuki Nishida, Eri Ishida, Rentarô Mikuni

Theme of the month : Summer – Fishing for Fun in this Japanese Comedy Series

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