The Laughing Salesman: Season 2

S2·E1 Mytharc

Kefir

Mar 19, 1991

Scriptwriter, Nashiya Sutami, is addicted to energy drinks and Moguro offers him Kefir instead, but he must care for the culture and keep it alive. Sutami's health improves, but he

S2·E2 Core

Man Who Looks Down

Apr 9, 1991

Kazuo Uwame is a middle-aged company man who is always apologizing for his behavior. Moguro takes him to the top of a skyscraper to live for a week so he can look down on everyone

S2·E3 Core

Golf Freak

Apr 16, 1991

Company man Kyouichi Shiratama is obsessed by golf, but he is a terrible player. Moguro offers to make him a super golfer, and gives him a magic golf club, but he must not let anyo

S2·E4 Core

Old Face, Young Body

Apr 23, 1991

Company President, Izumo Wakashi is 73 year old and feels his age, but he looks much younger. Moguro gives him special dumbbells for training which he must use with a special incan

S2·E5 Core

The Chair-Man

Apr 30, 1991

Printer Anraku Kazuhisa often works late and sleeps on uncomfortable office chairs at work. Moguro offers him a large comfortable bed above the Demon's Nest Bar and he takes the be

S2·E6 Core

Decision Stick

May 7, 1991

Mayoi Oushi, a 25 year-old company man has difficulty making decisions and exasperates his co-workers. Moguro gives him a "decision stick" with an arrow head to help him make decis

S2·E7 Core

Hot Spring Eccentricity

May 14, 1991

Company man Kibara Shisao decides to take a side trip on his way home from a business trip, and Moguro takes him to a Mystery Onsen. They spend the night drinking with geishas, but

S2·E8 Core

Security Capsule

May 21, 1991

Company man Heiichi Uranari (from episode 2) feels more comfortable living in his old car than staying at home, but the car breaks down so Moguro takes him to a capsule hotel. Uran

S2·E9 Core

Pride in My Work

May 28, 1991

Ban Moriyasu is a struggling artist and Moguro takes him to the wealthy Mr Narugane who commissions him to paint a van Gogh replica for his office. Narugane then sponsors Moriyasu

S2·E10 Core

Home Vegetable Garden

Jun 4, 1991

Company man Deri Keita is extremely fussy and always brings his tea and food from home. He is asked out for a business dinner but he finds the food inedible and drinks too much. Mo

S2·E11 Core

Mean Drunk

Jun 11, 1991

Company man Yotte Sourou is meek and incompetent, but after drinking alcohol he becomes loud and obnoxious. Moguro shows Yotte video footage of his behavior and Yotte vows to give

S2·E12 Core

Paradise Bath

Jun 18, 1991

Yuami Yoshio is a waterworks agent who enjoys bath houses and Moguro promises to take him to one of his favorite ones, the Edo style ukiyo Paradise bath house. Moguro gives Yuami a

S2·E13 Core

Rental Girlfriend

Jun 25, 1991

TV production staff member, Tsunei Kazuto, is invited to a function with the other crew members and must bring a girlfriend, but he doesn't have one. Tsunei asks Moguro to find him

S2·E14 Core

Memory Bar

Jul 2, 1991

Ageing company man, Kaikou Sumitarou, longs for his younger days out at night before bars became dominated by noisy karaoke. Moguro takes him to the Taishō era Akaneko bar where he

S2·E15 Core

My Wife's Lunch

Jul 9, 1991

Wagatsuma Tsuyoshi's wife Hanako always prepares lunch for him. Although her cooking is inedible, he does not have the courage to tell her and instead, he always eats sandwiches bo

S2·E16 Core

Divorce Club

Jul 16, 1991

Bon Fukumizu is a hotel banquet host, but has a lifeless and miserable married life himself, living with his wealthy wife and her mother. Moguro offers to help him with a divorce,

S2·E17 Core

Dream My Home

Jul 23, 1991

Moguro offers to help Ikko Tateo find his dream home, but finding something suitable within his price range proves impossible. Eventually he finds the perfect home for Ikko's famil

S2·E18 Core

Love's Parting Gifts

Jul 30, 1991

Moguro catches up with married travelling salesman Uwaki Shirou who, three years earlier, met and became infatuated with the attractive Ubuna Yoshiko. Moguro reminds Uwaki that he

S2·E19 Core

The Ideal Family

Aug 6, 1991

Moguro meets company worker Yanai Samushi who is unhappy at home with his wife and son and he suggests that Yanai change families. Initially Yanai refuses, but after another fight

S2·E20 Core

Love Across the Glass

Aug 13, 1991

Computer programmer Kouda Kametarou is obsessed by turtles and Moguro offers him a chance to swim with his favorite sea turtle Kamejirou at the local aquarium. Moguro releases Kame

S2·E21 Core

Barhopper

Aug 20, 1991

Novelist Koshiba Shousuke is an inveterate bar-hopper, but he has trouble meeting his deadlines. After a night on the town, Moguro introduces Koshiba to his attractive drinking par

S2·E22 Core

Long-Term Break

Aug 27, 1991

Mature company man Nagai Yasumi is forced to take four weeks vacation, but has no idea what to do with his time so he rides trains and sits in parks during the day. Moguro offers t

S2·E23 Core

House Lady

Sep 10, 1991

Wagama Machiko is a fashion designer, but never has time to tidy her apartment, so she is reluctant to let her boyfriend Bonchi see the mess. One evening when Bonchi arrives to pic

S2·E24 Core

Sleep Pillow

Sep 17, 1991

Muneri Kiyoshi is a company man supervisor who has trouble getting a good night's sleep. Moguro gives him a small electronic pillow to attach to his neck which will allow him to sl

S2·E25 Core

The Mystery Star

Sep 24, 1991

Moguro restores Katte Ryouzou, the former film actor known as Hoshi Shinzaburou, to stardom, but another actor emerges claiming that he is the former actor. They both appear on TV

S2·E26 Core

Germaphobia

Oct 8, 1991

Young female office worker Seike Tsuzuki is health conscious and obsessed with cleanliness. Moguro offers to help her find a boyfriend and she encounters an unpolished, capricious

S2·E27 Core

Switched Organizers

Oct 15, 1991

Young married freelance writer, Memo Matarou, notes everything he finds interesting in his electronic organizer, but loses it after a night out drinking. Moguro returns one to him,

S2·E28 Core

Red or Black?!

Oct 22, 1991

Photographer Kakei Kazuya enjoys playing roulette in games parlors so Moguro encourages him to play for real money. Moguro takes Kakei to a secret illegal casino for a once only ex

S2·E29 Core

Sunday Club

Oct 29, 1991

Uchinaki Yousuke has developed a loathing for Mondays after many years as a company man. Moguro takes Uchinaki through a building site to a secret Sunday Club where he spends a rel

S2·E30 Core

Life in the Woods

Nov 5, 1991

Moguro distracts the busy company man Richigi Momoru on his way to work and takes him into the woods for a day off, gathering mushrooms, vegetables and fish and cooking them on an

S2·E31 Core

Mangania

Nov 12, 1991

Moguro buys the company man and manga addict Chuunen Takuji a valuable classic manga by Osamu Tezuka for which he is extremely grateful. Moguro then asks Chuunen to appraise an old

S2·E32 Core

Sandlot in the Sky

Nov 26, 1991

Company man Gaki Hiromasa visits the sandlot where he used to play as a child. He recalls that he left a box of his treasures in a disused pipe, but the land is scheduled for redev

S2·E33 Core

Homeless Proposal

Dec 3, 1991

Moguro promises to take stressed company man Sudoh Reiju to a stress free environment and takes him to spend time with some homeless people. Sudoh enjoys the change and abandons hi

S2·E34 Core

Super Luxury Solution

Dec 10, 1991

Unmarried factory worker Tomariba Nashio has trouble finding free parking spaces for his car and often parks illegally. Moguro offers to provide a free parking space, in a condomin

S2·E35 Core

Elm Tree of the Valley

Dec 17, 1991

Artist, Kigami Mamoru, is confronted by a land owner who wants to cut down an old Japanese elm tree. Moguro scares them off and he encourages Kigami to live in the tree and the art

S2·E36 Core

The Pinkie Ring

Jan 7, 1992

Company man Ishii Hirowaka is a heavy drinker, but must quit to avoid liver damage. However, he succumbs to pressure from his workmates and goes out drinking again, ignoring the pa

S2·E37 Core

The Illusionary Amusement Park

Jan 14, 1992

Middle-aged unemployed man Yuchi Shuuruo is unable to find work, and spends a day at an amusement park trying to distract himself from the stress of unemployment. Moguro introduces

S2·E38 Core

IV Patient

Jan 21, 1992

Salaryman Amae Taiji is put off by hospitals, but after being mistaken for a patient and being comforted by a nurse starts he appreciating the experience. He's admitted several mor

S2·E39 Core

The Billboard Girl

Jan 28, 1992

Moguro arranges for the illustrator, Yumemi Douta to meet Linda, his dream billboard model. They spend the evening together in his apartment where he produces many illustrations of

S2·E40 Mytharc

After 5 Club

Feb 4, 1992

Salaryman, Temochi Fusata is bored with his life in a corporate town where everyone is forced to use the company facilities for recreation. Moguro takes him to the exclusive underg

S2·E41 Core

Golf Domino Toppling

Feb 11, 1992

Company CEO, Awate Taizou, is invited to a pro golf tournament but is anxious about his game and hitting bystanders with a wayward shot. Moguro helps him gain confidence, but he mu

S2·E42 Core

Silver Bank

Feb 18, 1992

Salaryman, Katei Nobumitsu, wants to enter a grandfather and son home video competition but his father is dead. Moguro offers to provide an old man for the video from the "Silver B

S2·E43 Core

Lamp in the Valley

Feb 25, 1992

Salaryman, Usagi Oishi, finds his house too small for his growing children. Moguro offers him a vacant house in the countryside, but they are warned not to enter a foggy valley. Hi

S2·E44 Core

Eternal Residence

Mar 3, 1992

Middle aged salaryman, Hakaba Motomu, collapses at work and begins to think about his own mortality. Unfortunately, he cannot find an affordable burial plot in the city, so Moguro

S2·E45 Core

The Man in the Food Section

Mar 10, 1992

Salaryman, Ukai Yorimichi, likes window shopping in food sections. However, he is criticized by his wife if he spends money on pre-prepared food after she has spent time cooking fo

S2·E46 Mytharc

Blue-Eyed Japanese

Mar 17, 1992

Kent Pincarton, an American trading firm worker in Japan, is having trouble balancing time with his wife and the work demands of after hours socializing. Moguro offers to teach him

S2·E47 Mytharc

Night Train

Mar 24, 1992

Salaryman Komiya Tomoo takes Moguro's advice to take a spontaneous train ride out of the city to leave his oppressive life behind. Stopping for a drink at the end of the line, he m