 
            
        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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