Abarenbo Shogun

Abarenbo Shogun (1978)

⭐ 8.1/10 Ended 12 Seasons 45 min

Overview

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."

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Episodes - Season 1

Episode 1: The Star of Edo

Jan 07, 1978

Roughhousing daimyo Tokugawa Yoshimune of Kishu reluctantly becomes the Shogun so that he may bring prosperity to everyone in the country. On his proc...

Episode 2: The Remarkable Charlatan

Jan 14, 1978

Ogyu Shosen is called a quack doctor, but Yoshimune thinks he should be made surgeon-general.

Episode 3: The First Fireman Banner

Jan 21, 1978

Hatamoto firemen are causing a nuisance and thieving in town, so fiery Tatsugoro and his gang of construction workers aim to take them down.

Episode 4: Mother From Long Past

Jan 28, 1978

A hatamoto's spoiled brat daughter is in the habit of thieving and blaming it on commoners. Meanwhile, Yoshimune becomes preternaturally obsessed...

Episode 5: Spring in the O'oku

Feb 04, 1978

Episode 6: The Splendid Potato Samurai

Feb 11, 1978

Episode 7: The Man of River Styx

Feb 25, 1978

Episode 8: The Befouled Truncheon

Mar 04, 1978

Episode 9: The Chivalrous Thief

Mar 11, 1978

Episode 10: The Blossoming Meyasubako

Mar 18, 1978

Episode 11: The Finest Kiyari Song

Mar 25, 1978

Episode 12: The Amazing Kishu Woman

Apr 01, 1978

Yoshimune's old friend from Kishu, a female lumberjack, comes to Edo to engage in lumber trade, but gets in trouble.

Episode 13: The Perilous Souvenir Gift

Apr 08, 1978

Yoshimune'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...

Episode 14: The Golden Crow Charms

Apr 15, 1978

Fireman Genzo wins the lottery, but is then reported to the police for having a forged ticket.

Episode 15: The Quack Who Calls Forth Spring

Apr 22, 1978

Even though he has been made surgeon-general, nobody trusts Ogawa Shosen or Yoshimune's city hospital. Yoshimune decides to get himself admitted ...

Episode 16: Showdown at Beautiful Yoshiwara

Apr 29, 1978

Episode 17: Love and the Guardian Deity

May 06, 1978

Satsuma 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 ...

Episode 18: The Beat of a Taiko Drum in Edo

May 13, 1978

Yoshimune 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 ...

Episode 19: A Ballad of a Fireman

May 20, 1978

Tatsugoro's family is indebted to a samurai family, so Tatsugoro gives the samurai family his very best fireman to adopt, since the samurai have ...

Episode 20: Iris and Sympathy

May 27, 1978

Episode 21: Fireman's Standard was Watching

Jun 03, 1978

Episode 22: Friendships Support the World

Jun 17, 1978

Episode 23: Rage of the Fishmonger

Jun 24, 1978

Episode 24: The Dreadful Shichi-ri Messengers

Jul 01, 1978

Episode 25: Heavens! Great Trouble in Edo

Jul 08, 1978

Episode 26: The Drunken Man Who was Promoted

Jul 15, 1978

Episode 27: The Woman Who Challenged the Yagyu Family

Jul 22, 1978

Episode 28: A Flower Blooms in the Dark

Jul 29, 1978

Episode 29: The Goofiest Pickpocket in Edo

Aug 19, 1978

Episode 30: The Misjudged Betrayer

Sep 09, 1978

Episode 31: The Woman Who Disappeared from the Hunting Ground

Sep 16, 1978

Episode 32: The Best Announcement of the Winner in Japan

Sep 23, 1978

Ryuko 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 ...

Episode 33: A Daimyo's Famed Shiruko Restaurant

Sep 30, 1978

A 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 fun...

Episode 34: The Women Who Dance in a Tempest

Oct 07, 1978

Episode 35: The Bride with an Explosive

Oct 14, 1978

A land reclamation project is taking place largely with Shogunate funds, carried out by contract with 2 companies (which are marrying their kids toget...

Episode 36: The Deceiving Mole Under a Woman's Eye

Oct 21, 1978

Episode 37: Feel Her Heart

Oct 28, 1978

Episode 38: The Woman Who Challenged Her Master

Nov 04, 1978

Episode 39: A Sweet Snare from RyuKyu

Nov 11, 1978

Episode 40: Go! The Prodogy of the Commoners

Nov 18, 1978

Episode 41: Hara-Kiri! The Drunkard Magistrate

Dec 02, 1978

Episode 42: A Hot Man and a Brazen Hussy

Dec 09, 1978

Episode 43: The Shogun's Secret Ninja

Dec 16, 1978

Female ninja Osono's dad Seiemon comes to town. He is now a cotton-farming country samurai. Needs dried sardines for fertilizer. The hatamoto of ...

Episode 44: Fresh Blood on the Bestowed Sword

Dec 23, 1978

Episode 45: The Counterfeit Coins and the Candy Man

Dec 30, 1978

A 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 vow...

Episode 46: A Grand New Year's Gift

Jan 06, 1979

Episode 47: The Female Doctor with a Fist

Jan 13, 1979

Edo is invigorated by an unusually aggressive and outspoken female doctor, Oshino, who physically beats her patients if they do not obey her.

Episode 48: Hell in the Heavenly Bath

Jan 20, 1979

Episode 49: The Pen is Mightier Than The Sword

Jan 27, 1979

Episode 50: The Great Packed Lunch of a Woman

Feb 03, 1979

Episode 51: The Bride of the Fish Market

Feb 10, 1979

Episode 52: The Downfall of Ooka Echizen No Kami

Feb 17, 1979

A 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 th...

Episode 53: The Best Dry Sake for Mother and Son

Feb 24, 1979

Clannish 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 sak...

Episode 54: The Female Doctor Who Loves Money

Mar 03, 1979

Oshino, 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...

Episode 55: This Small Incident Occured Ten Years Ago

Mar 10, 1979

Shoheiko, the official Shogunate college, has an admissions scandal where the bureaucrats turn out to have been accepting bribes for admissions. Yoshi...

Episode 56: The Man Who Died in the Light Snowfalls in Spring

Mar 17, 1979

Ryuko's friend is killed by a rice wholesaler. Shin-san investigates this and discovers a whole sordid rice-based drama, including collective pun...

Episode 57: Eliminations of Black Sheep

Mar 24, 1979

Episode 58: The Best Cherry Blossom Dance in Edo

Mar 31, 1979

Episode 59: The Firemen's Standard is the Firemen's Heart and Soul

Apr 07, 1979

Episode 60: Only the Sun Knew

Apr 14, 1979

Episode 61: The Perished Love in a Spring Storm

Apr 21, 1979

Episode 62: A Single Flower in the Dark

Apr 28, 1979

Episode 63: The Fallen Flower in the Game of Chance

May 05, 1979

Episode 64: Holding a Fire Standard for a Spear

May 12, 1979

Episode 65: The Troublesome Tea Urn Trip

May 19, 1979

Episode 66: Daruma Smiled on Joshu Road

May 26, 1979

Episode 67: Commissioner Ooka Committs Hara-Kiri!

Jun 02, 1979

Episode 68: A Bogus Complaint

Jun 09, 1979

Episode 69: Very Proud of the Celebrated Sword

Jun 16, 1979

An 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. Ho...

Episode 70: A Loach Pot Rather Than A Domain

Jun 23, 1979

Episode 71: The Best Godfather in Japan

Jun 30, 1979

Episode 72: Revenge Colored with Safflowers

Jul 07, 1979

A 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...

Episode 73: A Man Passionate About the Snow on Mount Fuji

Jul 14, 1979

A kind but untalented kitchen-supervisor samurai is assigned to accompany his domain's gift to the Shogun: big blocks of ice. Shin-san, tramping ...

Episode 74: Kick the Edo Illness Out!

Jul 21, 1979

A mysterious illness (beriberi) becomes common and Yoshimune calls his doctor to find out what the cause is. His doctor says only his own special blen...

Episode 75: Gorozaemon Kano's Disappearance

Aug 11, 1979

Kano Gorozaemon, who is practically Yoshimune's adoptive father, goes out into Edo to get a surprise present for the Shogun, and is kidnapped by ...

Episode 76: Suspicion Begets Idle Fears

Aug 18, 1979

A lord lets 3 master ghost actresses into his house as maids, somehow doesn't connect this with supernatural happenings in his house.

Episode 77: The Bride That Came From Kishu

Aug 25, 1979

Kikue, 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, ...

Episode 78: A Man Hunting the Whole Country

Sep 08, 1979

The 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 V...

Episode 79: Peerless! The Taste of Momma

Sep 15, 1979

Matsumae domain officials and the store Ebisu-ya are conspiring to give predatory loans to alcohol shops. Lady merchant Omasa from Osaka wants to get ...

Episode 80: The Direct Retainers of the Shogun Run Wild

Sep 22, 1979

Hatamotos, 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.

Episode 81: Heroes in the Darkness

Sep 29, 1979

Episode 82: Angelic Neighborhood Bully

Oct 13, 1979

Episode 83: Thief Targeting the Nation

Oct 20, 1979

Episode 84: O-sai Flies!

Oct 27, 1979

Episode 85: Mount Fuji Saw The Wild Spear

Nov 03, 1979

Episode 86: The Shogun Permitted a Thief

Nov 10, 1979

Episode 87: Bullet Aiming At 8 Million Koku

Nov 17, 1979

Episode 88: Burn! Even If You Must Die

Nov 24, 1979

Episode 89: Embarrased To Recieve Flowers in Congratulation

Dec 01, 1979

Episode 90: Beast Battle! Master Tatsugoro

Dec 08, 1979

Episode 91: Duel! In the Stormy Castle

Dec 15, 1979

Episode 92: Cheers! Quack Doctor

Dec 22, 1979

Episode 93: The Will of the Raging Samurai

Dec 29, 1979

Episode 94: The Lanterns of Early Spring and Noon Emerge

Jan 05, 1980

Episode 95: I Saw a Rainbow in the Sea of Flames

Jan 12, 1980

Episode 96: Get the Vermin Out of the Castle!

Jan 19, 1980

Episode 97: I Don't Need a Mother!

Jan 26, 1980

Episode 98: The Girl From the Wolf Village

Feb 02, 1980

Episode 99: A Dohyori of Fire!

Feb 09, 1980

Episode 100: The Fake Shogun

Feb 16, 1980

Episode 101: The Eight Million Koku Porter

Feb 23, 1980

Episode 102: The Collector Who Collected the Villain's Head

Mar 01, 1980

Episode 103: Catastrophe! We Shouldn't Have Gotten Out of the Way!

Mar 08, 1980

Episode 104: Japan's Most Wanted Bride

Mar 22, 1980

Episode 105: Stop! Uncontrolled Official Carriage

Mar 29, 1980

Episode 106: What is a Shogun?

Apr 05, 1980

Episode 107: Watch Out! A Female Spy

Apr 12, 1980

Episode 108: The Man Who Gives Orders to the Shogun!

Apr 19, 1980

Episode 109: Snacks Delight on a Sunny Day

Apr 26, 1980

Episode 110: Youth of Edo, Stand Up!

May 03, 1980

Episode 111: Love Blossoms in Ubasuteyama!

May 10, 1980

Episode 112: The Proud and Naive Samurai

May 17, 1980

Episode 113: The Man Who Didn't Stop

May 24, 1980

Episode 114: I Saw the Real One! The Hayabusa Brat

May 31, 1980

Episode 115: Beware of the Quick Bucks

Jun 07, 1980

Episode 116: The Man Who Died and Flourished

Jun 14, 1980

Episode 117: Courage in the Face of Injustice

Jun 21, 1980

Episode 118: Thief Training

Jun 28, 1980

Episode 119: The Fox Woman Cries, the Banner of Empathy

Jul 05, 1980

Episode 120: The Princess Take - Tears from a Wedding Procession

Jul 12, 1980

Episode 121: The Flourishing of the Female Bushido

Jul 19, 1980

Episode 122: The Sad Song of the South

Jul 26, 1980

Episode 123: The New Boss! - Osai, of the Fire Extinguisher

Aug 02, 1980

Episode 124: The One Who Stood Out After Being at Risk of Drowning

Aug 09, 1980

Episode 125: Floating Lanterns That Mark a New Beginning in a Man's Life

Aug 16, 1980

Episode 126: Love Sold for 20,000 Ryu

Aug 23, 1980

Episode 127: The Trap in the Wolf Village

Aug 30, 1980

Episode 128: Melancholy Ninja Love

Sep 06, 1980

Episode 129: Dad, You Used to Be Someone

Sep 13, 1980

Episode 130: My Childhood Friend is an Oku Woman

Sep 27, 1980

Episode 131: There was a Bullet in the Clam Chowder!

Oct 04, 1980

Episode 132: Run! The Shogun's Horse!

Oct 11, 1980

Episode 133: Listen! The Chronicles of the Old Man and the Young Master

Oct 18, 1980

Episode 134: A Silly Dance in an Oily Hell

Oct 25, 1980

Episode 135: Duel on the Steam of Hell

Nov 01, 1980

Episode 136: The Woman Who Bet on the Mountain of Fire

Nov 08, 1980

Episode 137: Edo's Female Chief

Nov 15, 1980

Episode 138: Hakone's Melancholic Drizzle

Nov 22, 1980

Episode 139: The One Who Flirted Was to Blame

Nov 29, 1980

Episode 140: The Wild Spear Everyone Fears

Dec 06, 1980

Episode 141: The Bandit Harusame's Mother

Dec 20, 1980

Episode 142: Munenryu Shintoism and Confucianism According to the Hayashi Clan

Dec 27, 1980

Episode 143: I Am the Most Unpleasant Person in the World

Jan 10, 1981

Shin-san accidentally gets involved with two low-class thieving morons, to Tatsugoro's horror. Tatsugoro finally manages to get rid of them, and ...

Episode 144: One Life For One Isshou of Shochu

Jan 17, 1981

Episode 145: The Silent Man's Divorce Letter

Jan 24, 1981

Episode 146: Ah! Justice Has Tears!

Jan 31, 1981

Episode 147: Megumi Clan's Love Bridge

Feb 07, 1981

Episode 148: Japan's Number One Little Thief

Feb 14, 1981

Episode 149: Tops Spinning Beneath a False Union

Feb 21, 1981

Episode 150: The White Waves That Shame the Flowers

Feb 28, 1981

Episode 151: Sado, the Shining Yellow

Mar 07, 1981

Episode 152: The Shogun, the Horse Thief, and the Brat

Mar 14, 1981

Episode 153: When a Man Sparks

Mar 21, 1981

Episode 154: The Love That Blooms Inside a Coffin

Mar 28, 1981

Episode 155: I Don't Want to Be the Shogun's Bride

Apr 11, 1981

Episode 156: Jongara with a Munen-Ryu Kid

Apr 18, 1981

Episode 157: The Cursed Box of 1000 Ryos

Apr 25, 1981

Episode 158: Hell's Bells Ring at 6.00 p.m

May 02, 1981

Episode 159: Rest in Peace, Onaka - The Flowing Lanterns

May 09, 1981

Episode 160: The Flowers That Fall Without Waiting for Spring

May 16, 1981

Episode 161: The One Who Smiled in the End

May 23, 1981

Episode 162: The Blooming Ginseng Flower That the Firefighter's Matoi Made Flourish

May 30, 1981

Episode 163: The Cowardly Samurai Who Made a Demon Woman Cry

Jun 06, 1981

Episode 164: Break the Chains of the Heart With Human Kindness

Jun 13, 1981

Episode 165: Whose Ungrateful Son is it

Jun 20, 1981

Episode 166: Promise of the Bell the Girl With Bangs and a Sword

Jun 27, 1981

Episode 167: The Decisive Duel of the Lantern Samurai

Jul 04, 1981

Episode 168: Legitimate Marital Fight

Jul 11, 1981

Episode 169: Clear Sky - The Hungry Lancer

Jul 18, 1981

Episode 170: The Duel! Blood in the Fuefuki River of Koshu

Aug 01, 1981

Episode 171: Burning Tears of the Traitor

Aug 08, 1981

Episode 172: The Flower in the Shadow That Made a Man Bloom

Aug 15, 1981

Episode 173: Waves of the Seto Maiden

Aug 22, 1981

Episode 174: Onomichi - Sunset of Revenge

Aug 29, 1981

Episode 175: The Million Kokus Dependent

Sep 05, 1981

Episode 176: The Bond of Hatred Between Father and Daughter

Sep 12, 1981

Episode 177: The Morning When Demons Wept

Sep 19, 1981

Episode 178: The Bet For the Dance Fan in the Sumo Ring

Sep 26, 1981

Episode 179: The Samurai Tanuki Performs a Great Feat

Oct 03, 1981

Episode 180: The Man Who Steals While Preaching

Oct 10, 1981

Episode 181: Oath of Brothers

Oct 17, 1981

Episode 182: The One Who Eats From the Table and the One Who Doesn't

Oct 24, 1981

Episode 183: The Night Flower That Blooms Once

Oct 31, 1981

Episode 184: The Man Who Danced in the Shadows

Nov 07, 1981

Episode 185: The Man Who Danced in the Shadows

Nov 14, 1981

Episode 186: The Love Story of a Man and His Taiko Drum

Nov 21, 1981

Episode 187: Sorry, Shogun! The Change of a Monk

Nov 28, 1981

Episode 188: Call of the Storm! The Bride From Megumi

Dec 05, 1981

Episode 189: The Heart of a Mother That Made Demons Cry

Dec 12, 1981

Episode 190: The Number One Rain Man in Japan

Dec 19, 1981

Episode 191: Cold Wind of Yoshiwara, Tears of a Woman

Dec 26, 1981

Episode 192: Laughter and Tears, The Dramatic Life of the People of Kawachi

Jan 09, 1982

Episode 193: The First Snow is the Make-Up of the Dead of a Sad Woman

Jan 16, 1982

Episode 194: The Poor and Nameless Grass

Jan 23, 1982

Episode 195: The Fragrance of the Sea, Tastes Like Mama

Jan 30, 1982

Episode 196: Why Sadness in Sharing an Umbrella?

Feb 06, 1982

Episode 197: A Remora That is More Frightening Than a Pufferfish

Feb 13, 1982

Episode 198: Sadness. Fallen Flowers of Those Who Stay

Feb 20, 1982

Episode 199: The Villain Who Laughed Last

Feb 27, 1982

Episode 200: Laughter and Tears, Three Girls From Edo

Mar 06, 1982

Episode 201: The Greatest Achievement of a Drunken Jitte

Mar 13, 1982

Episode 202: The Tale of the Fame of the Fool Kanpachi

Mar 20, 1982

Episode 203: The Flower That Disappeared in an Avalanche

Mar 27, 1982

Episode 204: Farewell Flower, Night Gust

Apr 10, 1982

Episode 205: Spring Has Come Again! Spouses' Kanzashi

Apr 17, 1982

Episode 206: You're a Child. Don't Cry, Torokichi!

Apr 24, 1982

Episode 207: The Farewell of the 808 Towns

May 01, 1982

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