Golden Boy: Season 1

1995 · 6 episodes · ★ 7.3

What Season 1 of Golden Boy

Kintaro left the University of Tokyo without graduating, even though he met the requirements to earn a law degree. Now he lives as a free spirit, roaming Japan from town to town and job to job. He rarely lasts long at any one job, because he keeps getting caught in embarrassing situations, especially when he crosses paths with women who stir desire or respect in him. He usually ends up getting fired, but he always proves his worth, and that leaves a mark on them. His jobs take him to a software company, an election campaign, an udon restaurant, a swimming club, a mansion in Kyoto and an animation studio. Among the characters driving the plot are the head of TN Soft, Naoko, Noriko and Reiko.

6episodes

Oct 27, 1995aired

Jun 28, 1996latest episode

3 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 Computer Studies
Oct 27, 1995 · 30 min · ★ 7.5
Kintaro obtains a janitorial job at an all-woman software firm led by the Ferrari-driving, skimpily-clad Madame President. An electrical accident jeopardizes the firm's future, allowing Kintaro to put his newly acquired programming skills to the test.
Directing: Hiroyuki Kitakubo · Writing: Tatsuya Egawa · Starring: Hiromi Tsuru, Kikuko Inoue, Junko Iwao, Miki Takahashi
1x02 Temptation of the Maiden
Nov 22, 1995 · 30 min · ★ 7.5
Working as a campaign staffer for a mayoral candidate, Kintaro is assigned to tutor his boss' attractive teenaged daughter, Naoko Katsuda, who wants more from him than help with her math homework.
Directing: Yasuhito Kikuchi · Writing: Tatsuya Egawa · Starring: Yuko Minaguchi, Shōzō Iizuka, Kujira, Noriko Uemura
1x03 Danger! The Virgin's First Love
Dec 22, 1995 · 30 min · ★ 7.2
A car accident has left the owner of a udon restaurant temporarily handicapped, and Kintaro is helping out and learning the trade. The owner's daughter, Noriko has a well-heeled boyfriend, but a series of events leads Kintaro to doubt his sincerity.
Directing: Hiroyuki Morita · Writing: Tatsuya Egawa · Starring: Yuri Shiratori, Miho Yoshida, Hajime Koseki, Tomohisa Aso
1x04 Swimming In the Sea of Love
Apr 26, 1996 · 30 min · ★ 7.1
Kintaro has challenged the local swimming coach (and former Olympic athlete) to a race, but he first needs to learn how to swim. While training, however, his situation with the coach, Ayuko Hayami is compromised.
Directing: Akihiko Nishiyama · Writing: Tatsuya Egawa · Starring: Kikuko Inoue, Yuko Mizutani, Koji Ishii, Michiko Neya
1x05 Unstoppable Youth
May 24, 1996 · 30 min · ★ 7.0
Kintaro becomes a servant in a traditional-style mansion of a wealthy family, but is quickly dismissed. He then challenges the daughter Reiko Tarayama, who abhors men and has a fetish for her motorcycle, to a race.
Directing: Kenji Takemura · Writing: Tatsuya Egawa · Starring: Sakiko Tamagawa, Daiki Nakamura, Kumiko Takizawa, Makoto Higo
1x06 Animation is Fun! Season Finale
Jun 28, 1996 · 30 min · ★ 7.7
Chie is a cel-painter at the animation studio where Kintaro works as an errand-boy. Production difficulties ensue, and Kintaro must rely on old friends to pull things through.
Directing: Hiroyuki Kitakubo · Writing: Tatsuya Egawa · Starring: Hiromi Tsuru, Yuka Koyama, Yuri Shiratori, Kikuko Inoue