Release Date

09 Jan, 1995

Runtime

00:45: (HH:MM)

Total Episode/Season

40/5

Synopsis

Zankuro Matsudaira (Ken Watanabe) is a low-grade vassal of the Tokugawa Shogun, forced to moonlight as a bodyguard and executioner to make ends meet. He also has a drinking problem, an overeating mother, and a propensity to protect the oppressed, all of which eat into his finances. His confident mother Masajo (Kyoko Kishida) is the descendant of a famous family of shogunate retainers and a mistress of the pen and sword, who regards her son as a failure.

Original Title

御家人斬九郎

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Season 1

09 Jan, 1995

Season 2

01 Jan, 1997

Season 3

05 Nov, 1997

Season 4

17 Mar, 1999

Season 5

24 Dec, 2001

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