Bataashi Kingyo

Bataashi Kingyo (バタアシ金魚; "Flutter Kick Goldfish") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Minetarō Mochizuki. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from 1985 to 1988. A live-action film adaptation, directed by Joji Matsuoka, premiered in June 1990.

Bataashi Kingyo
First tankōbon volume cover
バタアシ金魚
Manga
Written by	Minetarō Mochizuki
Published by	Kodansha
Imprint	Yanmaga KC Special
Magazine	Weekly Young Magazine
Original run	1985 – 1988
Volumes	6
Live-action film
Directed by	Joji Matsuoka
Produced by	Haruo Umekawa
Written by	Joji Matsuoka
Music by	Masamichi Shigeno
Studio	Nippon Victor
Released	June 2, 1990
Runtime	95 minutes

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Minetarō Mochizuki, Bataashi Kingyo was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from 1985 to 1988.^[1] Kodansha collected its chapters in six tankōbon volumes, released from May 15, 1986,^[2] to September 12, 1988.^[3]

Live-action film

A live-action film adaptation, directed by Joji Matsuoka, and starring Michitaka Tsutsui [ja] Saki Takaoka, Kazuko Shirakawa and Azuma Mikihisa [ja], premiered on June 2, 1990.^[4]

Reception

The film was chosen as the third-best film at the 12th Yokohama Film Festival.^[5] Joji Matsuoka won the Award for Best New Director, Saki Takaoka won the award for Best Newcomer and Norimichi Kasamatsu won the award for Best Cinematography.^[6]