Abarenbo Shogun
8.0·1978·12 Seasons
Set in the 18th century, the show follows the Shogun Yoshimune, who likes to disguise himself as a low-ranking samurai and go into his capital of Edo to see the life of the common man, as well as to seek out and punish evildoers who would hurt his citizens. He is aided by Magistrate Oo'oka and a vivacious fireman, Tatsugoro, as well as a rotating cast of other recurring characters. Along with Zenigata Heiji and Mito Kōmon, it ranks among the longest-running series in the jidaigeki genre. Like so many other jidaigeki, it falls in the category of kanzen-chōaku, loosely, "rewarding good and punishing evil."
Episodes
1. The Star of Edo
45mRoughhousing daimyo Tokugawa Yoshimune of Kishu reluctantly becomes the Shogun so that he may bring prosperity to everyone in the country. On his procession to Edo Palace, he runs into his old friend Tatsugoro, and a little girl begging for a pardon for her father on death row. Yoshimune decides to sneak out of Edo Palace and do a little detective work.
2. The Remarkable Charlatan
45mOgyu Shosen is called a quack doctor, but Yoshimune thinks he should be made surgeon-general.
3. The First Fireman Banner
45mHatamoto firemen are causing a nuisance and thieving in town, so fiery Tatsugoro and his gang of construction workers aim to take them down.
4. Mother From Long Past
45mA hatamoto's spoiled brat daughter is in the habit of thieving and blaming it on commoners. Meanwhile, Yoshimune becomes preternaturally obsessed with a den-den taiko (a type of child's toy).
5. Spring in the O'oku
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6. The Splendid Potato Samurai
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7. The Man of River Styx
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8. The Befouled Truncheon
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9. The Chivalrous Thief
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10. The Blossoming Meyasubako
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11. The Finest Kiyari Song
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12. The Amazing Kishu Woman
45mYoshimune's old friend from Kishu, a female lumberjack, comes to Edo to engage in lumber trade, but gets in trouble.
13. The Perilous Souvenir Gift
45mYoshimune's old friends from Kishu, Sakichi and Onatsu of the lumber store, are leaving town, so Yoshimune comes to bring them a present. He ends up getting in the way of a drug bust and is mistaken for a drug dealer.
14. The Golden Crow Charms
45mFireman Genzo wins the lottery, but is then reported to the police for having a forged ticket.
15. The Quack Who Calls Forth Spring
45mEven though he has been made surgeon-general, nobody trusts Ogawa Shosen or Yoshimune's city hospital. Yoshimune decides to get himself admitted as Shin-san to investigate from within.
16. Showdown at Beautiful Yoshiwara
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17. Love and the Guardian Deity
45mSatsuma domain bully a store that is in their debt by trying to steal the storekeeper's girlfriend, and by framing them for theft. Only a man of stone can save Tamba-ya from destruction!
18. The Beat of a Taiko Drum in Edo
45mYoshimune really wants to attend a festival in Edo, but he has important business to attend to in the palace. Jii says he can go out as long as he is back by 4 PM. This doesn't seem likely, since Yoshimune gets involved in a big fistfight and village drama.
19. A Ballad of a Fireman
45mTatsugoro's family is indebted to a samurai family, so Tatsugoro gives the samurai family his very best fireman to adopt, since the samurai have no heir of their own. The other samurai do not like him.
20. Iris and Sympathy
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21. Fireman's Standard was Watching
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22. Friendships Support the World
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23. Rage of the Fishmonger
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24. The Dreadful Shichi-ri Messengers
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25. Heavens! Great Trouble in Edo
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26. The Drunken Man Who was Promoted
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27. The Woman Who Challenged the Yagyu Family
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28. A Flower Blooms in the Dark
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29. The Goofiest Pickpocket in Edo
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30. The Misjudged Betrayer
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31. The Woman Who Disappeared from the Hunting Ground
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32. The Best Announcement of the Winner in Japan
45mRyuko and Isonokaze were sumo wrestlers for a clan who tried to make them throw a match. Ryuko hides out at the fire house and meets Shin-san, who is very excitable and really, really wants to wrestle him. Eventually Shin-san learns of the wrestling drama that is unfolding...
33. A Daimyo's Famed Shiruko Restaurant
45mA certain han ruled by a child lord is having money trouble, so one of the han's samurai starts a sweet bean soup restaurant to try and raise funds. The samurai has some trouble getting customers...
34. The Women Who Dance in a Tempest
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35. The Bride with an Explosive
45mA land reclamation project is taking place largely with Shogunate funds, carried out by contract with 2 companies (which are marrying their kids together as the ultimate symbol of the contract). One of the companies invents a bomb with a long fuse, to blow up a mountainous area in the reclamation zone. The other company decides to assassinate the first company, and steals the bomb...
36. The Deceiving Mole Under a Woman's Eye
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37. Feel Her Heart
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38. The Woman Who Challenged Her Master
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39. A Sweet Snare from RyuKyu
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40. Go! The Prodogy of the Commoners
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41. Hara-Kiri! The Drunkard Magistrate
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42. A Hot Man and a Brazen Hussy
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43. The Shogun's Secret Ninja
45mFemale ninja Osono's dad Seiemon comes to town. He is now a cotton-farming country samurai. Needs dried sardines for fertilizer. The hatamoto of sardineland is driving the fishermens' prices down so all the farmers secretly sell to Seiemon. The merchant tries to assassinate Seiemon and fails, since Seiemon is a ninja. Seiemon stays at the firehouse and plans to secretly assassinate the criminals, then kill himself, because he's depressed.
44. Fresh Blood on the Bestowed Sword
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45. The Counterfeit Coins and the Candy Man
45mA man makes little pretty sugar candies for kids and tells funny stories. He used to be a counterfeiter because of his great manual dexterity, but vowed to turn his life around. Shin-san becomes interested in candy just when the guy's old friends force him to counterfeit again...
46. A Grand New Year's Gift
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47. The Female Doctor with a Fist
45mEdo is invigorated by an unusually aggressive and outspoken female doctor, Oshino, who physically beats her patients if they do not obey her.
48. Hell in the Heavenly Bath
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49. The Pen is Mightier Than The Sword
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50. The Great Packed Lunch of a Woman
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51. The Bride of the Fish Market
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52. The Downfall of Ooka Echizen No Kami
45mA bad gang leader kidnaps Tadasuke's wife (who never appeared before or since), as she went to the shrine to pray for a baby. Tadasuke decides that justice outweighs his bride and prepares to prosecute the gang leader anyway, so Shin-san lets the prisoner go secretly to try and follow him to Tadasuke's bride...
53. The Best Dry Sake for Mother and Son
45mClannish Edoite sake sellers turn against a travelling Osakan female sake seller to force her out of the market; only her long-lost son, an Edoite sake seller, can save her.
54. The Female Doctor Who Loves Money
45mOshino, the female doctor with a fist, is in charge of a temple that gives free medical service to orphans, but it is reputed that she is stealing all the money instead.
55. This Small Incident Occured Ten Years Ago
45mShoheiko, the official Shogunate college, has an admissions scandal where the bureaucrats turn out to have been accepting bribes for admissions. Yoshimune suggests opening it to commoners and calls up some obscure scholars; the vicious bureaucrats attack and kill one. Shin-san absolutely loses his mind, but Tatsugoro is there to give him a helping hand.
56. The Man Who Died in the Light Snowfalls in Spring
45mRyuko's friend is killed by a rice wholesaler. Shin-san investigates this and discovers a whole sordid rice-based drama, including collective punishment, famine, and assassination.
57. Eliminations of Black Sheep
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58. The Best Cherry Blossom Dance in Edo
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59. The Firemen's Standard is the Firemen's Heart and Soul
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60. Only the Sun Knew
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61. The Perished Love in a Spring Storm
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62. A Single Flower in the Dark
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63. The Fallen Flower in the Game of Chance
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64. Holding a Fire Standard for a Spear
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65. The Troublesome Tea Urn Trip
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66. Daruma Smiled on Joshu Road
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67. Commissioner Ooka Committs Hara-Kiri!
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68. A Bogus Complaint
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69. Very Proud of the Celebrated Sword
45mAn unbalanced ronin wants to become the sword teacher to a daimyo, so he can get enough money to buy back his really sexy sword from the pawn shop. However, a competitor attacks him, crippling the ronin's hand. Shin-san is really mad about this, even though the ronin attacked him earlier.
70. A Loach Pot Rather Than A Domain
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71. The Best Godfather in Japan
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72. Revenge Colored with Safflowers
45mA pregnant safflower farmer's husband is run over by the local lord's horse. She's lured to the daikan's office to get compensated but is raped and turned into the lord's concubine instead. She schemes to have herself murdered so Ooka Echizen will enter the manor and discover these great crimes.
73. A Man Passionate About the Snow on Mount Fuji
45mA kind but untalented kitchen-supervisor samurai is assigned to accompany his domain's gift to the Shogun: big blocks of ice. Shin-san, tramping around Shinjuku, accidentally discovers this delivery and starts accompanying it too, and discovers a rival domain is trying to kill the ice to humiliate the first domain.
74. Kick the Edo Illness Out!
45mA mysterious illness (beriberi) becomes common and Yoshimune calls his doctor to find out what the cause is. His doctor says only his own special blend of medicine (very expensive) can cure it. Oshino, the female doctor with a fist, however, believes the solution is more simple (and involves punching people).
75. Gorozaemon Kano's Disappearance
45mKano Gorozaemon, who is practically Yoshimune's adoptive father, goes out into Edo to get a surprise present for the Shogun, and is kidnapped by a nutter who wants to frame him for murder to steal his job.
76. Suspicion Begets Idle Fears
45mA lord lets 3 master ghost actresses into his house as maids, somehow doesn't connect this with supernatural happenings in his house.
77. The Bride That Came From Kishu
45mKikue, the daughter of a potter, comes to Edo and meets her old friend Shin-san, who she recognizes as the Shogun. She came to marry Kano Gorozaemon, who proposed to her when she was eight (??!) but Kano backed out.
78. A Man Hunting the Whole Country
45mThe Ogobanshu (kind of like a guild of hatamotos) want to hunt, but in setting the borders of the hunting area they recklessly steal the corner of a VERY sensitive farmer's farm.
79. Peerless! The Taste of Momma
45mMatsumae domain officials and the store Ebisu-ya are conspiring to give predatory loans to alcohol shops. Lady merchant Omasa from Osaka wants to get a better deal, and her son unfortunately took the debt from his main sake supplier, so now she needs to get money to save both their skins.
80. The Direct Retainers of the Shogun Run Wild
45mHatamotos, a domain, a runaway killer samurai from the domain, the firemen, and jii for some reason, all end up in a gigantic free for all fight.
81. Heroes in the Darkness
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82. Angelic Neighborhood Bully
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83. Thief Targeting the Nation
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84. O-sai Flies!
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85. Mount Fuji Saw The Wild Spear
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86. The Shogun Permitted a Thief
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87. Bullet Aiming At 8 Million Koku
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88. Burn! Even If You Must Die
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89. Embarrased To Recieve Flowers in Congratulation
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90. Beast Battle! Master Tatsugoro
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91. Duel! In the Stormy Castle
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92. Cheers! Quack Doctor
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93. The Will of the Raging Samurai
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94. The Lanterns of Early Spring and Noon Emerge
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95. I Saw a Rainbow in the Sea of Flames
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96. Get the Vermin Out of the Castle!
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97. I Don't Need a Mother!
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98. The Girl From the Wolf Village
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99. A Dohyori of Fire!
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100. The Fake Shogun
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101. The Eight Million Koku Porter
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102. The Collector Who Collected the Villain's Head
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103. Catastrophe! We Shouldn't Have Gotten Out of the Way!
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104. Japan's Most Wanted Bride
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105. Stop! Uncontrolled Official Carriage
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106. What is a Shogun?
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107. Watch Out! A Female Spy
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108. The Man Who Gives Orders to the Shogun!
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109. Snacks Delight on a Sunny Day
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110. Youth of Edo, Stand Up!
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111. Love Blossoms in Ubasuteyama!
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112. The Proud and Naive Samurai
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113. The Man Who Didn't Stop
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114. I Saw the Real One! The Hayabusa Brat
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115. Beware of the Quick Bucks
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116. The Man Who Died and Flourished
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117. Courage in the Face of Injustice
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118. Thief Training
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119. The Fox Woman Cries, the Banner of Empathy
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120. The Princess Take - Tears from a Wedding Procession
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121. The Flourishing of the Female Bushido
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122. The Sad Song of the South
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123. The New Boss! - Osai, of the Fire Extinguisher
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124. The One Who Stood Out After Being at Risk of Drowning
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125. Floating Lanterns That Mark a New Beginning in a Man's Life
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126. Love Sold for 20,000 Ryu
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127. The Trap in the Wolf Village
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128. Melancholy Ninja Love
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129. Dad, You Used to Be Someone
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130. My Childhood Friend is an Oku Woman
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131. There was a Bullet in the Clam Chowder!
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132. Run! The Shogun's Horse!
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133. Listen! The Chronicles of the Old Man and the Young Master
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134. A Silly Dance in an Oily Hell
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135. Duel on the Steam of Hell
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136. The Woman Who Bet on the Mountain of Fire
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137. Edo's Female Chief
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138. Hakone's Melancholic Drizzle
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139. The One Who Flirted Was to Blame
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140. The Wild Spear Everyone Fears
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141. The Bandit Harusame's Mother
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142. Munenryu Shintoism and Confucianism According to the Hayashi Clan
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143. I Am the Most Unpleasant Person in the World
45mShin-san accidentally gets involved with two low-class thieving morons, to Tatsugoro's horror. Tatsugoro finally manages to get rid of them, and one of them is promptly killed by evil ninjas for having seen something he should not have. Yoshimune learns they were raising a bunch of orphans in an awful shack with their scammed money, and decides he must avenge the dead criminal.
144. One Life For One Isshou of Shochu
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145. The Silent Man's Divorce Letter
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146. Ah! Justice Has Tears!
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147. Megumi Clan's Love Bridge
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148. Japan's Number One Little Thief
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149. Tops Spinning Beneath a False Union
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150. The White Waves That Shame the Flowers
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151. Sado, the Shining Yellow
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152. The Shogun, the Horse Thief, and the Brat
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153. When a Man Sparks
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154. The Love That Blooms Inside a Coffin
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155. I Don't Want to Be the Shogun's Bride
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156. Jongara with a Munen-Ryu Kid
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157. The Cursed Box of 1000 Ryos
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158. Hell's Bells Ring at 6.00 p.m
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159. Rest in Peace, Onaka - The Flowing Lanterns
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160. The Flowers That Fall Without Waiting for Spring
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161. The One Who Smiled in the End
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162. The Blooming Ginseng Flower That the Firefighter's Matoi Made Flourish
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163. The Cowardly Samurai Who Made a Demon Woman Cry
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164. Break the Chains of the Heart With Human Kindness
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165. Whose Ungrateful Son is it
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166. Promise of the Bell the Girl With Bangs and a Sword
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167. The Decisive Duel of the Lantern Samurai
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168. Legitimate Marital Fight
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169. Clear Sky - The Hungry Lancer
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170. The Duel! Blood in the Fuefuki River of Koshu
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171. Burning Tears of the Traitor
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172. The Flower in the Shadow That Made a Man Bloom
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173. Waves of the Seto Maiden
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174. Onomichi - Sunset of Revenge
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175. The Million Kokus Dependent
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176. The Bond of Hatred Between Father and Daughter
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177. The Morning When Demons Wept
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178. The Bet For the Dance Fan in the Sumo Ring
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179. The Samurai Tanuki Performs a Great Feat
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180. The Man Who Steals While Preaching
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181. Oath of Brothers
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182. The One Who Eats From the Table and the One Who Doesn't
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183. The Night Flower That Blooms Once
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184. The Man Who Danced in the Shadows
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185. The Man Who Danced in the Shadows
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186. The Love Story of a Man and His Taiko Drum
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187. Sorry, Shogun! The Change of a Monk
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188. Call of the Storm! The Bride From Megumi
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189. The Heart of a Mother That Made Demons Cry
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190. The Number One Rain Man in Japan
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191. Cold Wind of Yoshiwara, Tears of a Woman
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192. Laughter and Tears, The Dramatic Life of the People of Kawachi
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193. The First Snow is the Make-Up of the Dead of a Sad Woman
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194. The Poor and Nameless Grass
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195. The Fragrance of the Sea, Tastes Like Mama
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196. Why Sadness in Sharing an Umbrella?
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197. A Remora That is More Frightening Than a Pufferfish
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198. Sadness. Fallen Flowers of Those Who Stay
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199. The Villain Who Laughed Last
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200. Laughter and Tears, Three Girls From Edo
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201. The Greatest Achievement of a Drunken Jitte
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202. The Tale of the Fame of the Fool Kanpachi
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203. The Flower That Disappeared in an Avalanche
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204. Farewell Flower, Night Gust
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205. Spring Has Come Again! Spouses' Kanzashi
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206. You're a Child. Don't Cry, Torokichi!
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207. The Farewell of the 808 Towns
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Cast
Ken Matsudaira
Tokugawa Yoshimune
Saburo Kitajima
Tatsugoro
Tadashi Yokouchi
Oo'oka Echizen-no-Kami Tadasuke
