Ken Matsudaira
Tokugawa Yoshimune
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8.08 votes197845mEndedFamilyDramaAction & Adventure
Synopsis
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
Season 1
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- 1. The Star of EdoNow viewing1978-01-0745mRoughhousing 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 Charlatan1978-01-1445mOgyu Shosen is called a quack doctor, but Yoshimune thinks he should be made surgeon-general.
- 3. The First Fireman Banner1978-01-2145mHatamoto 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 Past1978-01-2845mA 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'oku1978-02-0445m
- 6. The Splendid Potato Samurai1978-02-1145m
- 7. The Man of River Styx1978-02-2545m
- 8. The Befouled Truncheon1978-03-0445m
- 9. The Chivalrous Thief1978-03-1145m
- 10. The Blossoming Meyasubako1978-03-1845m
- 11. The Finest Kiyari Song1978-03-2545m
- 12. The Amazing Kishu Woman1978-04-0145mYoshimune's old friend from Kishu, a female lumberjack, comes to Edo to engage in lumber trade, but gets in trouble.
- 13. The Perilous Souvenir Gift1978-04-0845mYoshimune'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 Charms1978-04-1545mFireman Genzo wins the lottery, but is then reported to the police for having a forged ticket.
- 15. The Quack Who Calls Forth Spring1978-04-2245mEven 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 Yoshiwara1978-04-2945m
- 17. Love and the Guardian Deity1978-05-0645mSatsuma 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 Edo1978-05-1345mYoshimune 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 Fireman1978-05-2045mTatsugoro'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 Sympathy1978-05-2745m
- 21. Fireman's Standard was Watching1978-06-0345m
- 22. Friendships Support the World1978-06-1745m
- 23. Rage of the Fishmonger1978-06-2445m
- 24. The Dreadful Shichi-ri Messengers1978-07-0145m
- 25. Heavens! Great Trouble in Edo1978-07-0845m
- 26. The Drunken Man Who was Promoted1978-07-1545m
- 27. The Woman Who Challenged the Yagyu Family1978-07-2245m
- 28. A Flower Blooms in the Dark1978-07-2945m
- 29. The Goofiest Pickpocket in Edo1978-08-1945m
- 30. The Misjudged Betrayer1978-09-0945m
- 31. The Woman Who Disappeared from the Hunting Ground1978-09-1645m
- 32. The Best Announcement of the Winner in Japan1978-09-2345mRyuko 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 Restaurant1978-09-3045mA 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 Tempest1978-10-0745m
- 35. The Bride with an Explosive1978-10-1445mA 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 Eye1978-10-2145m
- 37. Feel Her Heart1978-10-2845m
- 38. The Woman Who Challenged Her Master1978-11-0445m
- 39. A Sweet Snare from RyuKyu1978-11-1145m
- 40. Go! The Prodogy of the Commoners1978-11-1845m
- 41. Hara-Kiri! The Drunkard Magistrate1978-12-0245m
- 42. A Hot Man and a Brazen Hussy1978-12-0945m
- 43. The Shogun's Secret Ninja1978-12-1645mFemale 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 Sword1978-12-2345m
- 45. The Counterfeit Coins and the Candy Man1978-12-3045mA 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 Gift1979-01-0645m
- 47. The Female Doctor with a Fist1979-01-1345mEdo 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 Bath1979-01-2045m
- 49. The Pen is Mightier Than The Sword1979-01-2745m
- 50. The Great Packed Lunch of a Woman1979-02-0345m
- 51. The Bride of the Fish Market1979-02-1045m
- 52. The Downfall of Ooka Echizen No Kami1979-02-1745mA 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 Son1979-02-2445mClannish 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 Money1979-03-0345mOshino, 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 Ago1979-03-1045mShoheiko, 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 Spring1979-03-1745mRyuko'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 Sheep1979-03-2445m
- 58. The Best Cherry Blossom Dance in Edo1979-03-3145m
- 59. The Firemen's Standard is the Firemen's Heart and Soul1979-04-0745m
- 60. Only the Sun Knew1979-04-1445m
- 61. The Perished Love in a Spring Storm1979-04-2145m
- 62. A Single Flower in the Dark1979-04-2845m
- 63. The Fallen Flower in the Game of Chance1979-05-0545m
- 64. Holding a Fire Standard for a Spear1979-05-1245m
- 65. The Troublesome Tea Urn Trip1979-05-1945m
- 66. Daruma Smiled on Joshu Road1979-05-2645m
- 67. Commissioner Ooka Committs Hara-Kiri!1979-06-0245m
- 68. A Bogus Complaint1979-06-0945m
- 69. Very Proud of the Celebrated Sword1979-06-1645mAn 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 Domain1979-06-2345m
- 71. The Best Godfather in Japan1979-06-3045m
- 72. Revenge Colored with Safflowers1979-07-0745mA 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 Fuji1979-07-1445mA 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!1979-07-2145mA 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 Disappearance1979-08-1145mKano 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 Fears1979-08-1845mA 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 Kishu1979-08-2545mKikue, 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 Country1979-09-0845mThe 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 Momma1979-09-1545mMatsumae 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 Wild1979-09-2245mHatamotos, 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 Darkness1979-09-2945m
- 82. Angelic Neighborhood Bully1979-10-1345m
- 83. Thief Targeting the Nation1979-10-2045m
- 84. O-sai Flies!1979-10-2745m
- 85. Mount Fuji Saw The Wild Spear1979-11-0345m
- 86. The Shogun Permitted a Thief1979-11-1045m
- 87. Bullet Aiming At 8 Million Koku1979-11-1745m
- 88. Burn! Even If You Must Die1979-11-2445m
- 89. Embarrased To Recieve Flowers in Congratulation1979-12-0145m
- 90. Beast Battle! Master Tatsugoro1979-12-0845m
- 91. Duel! In the Stormy Castle1979-12-1545m
- 92. Cheers! Quack Doctor1979-12-2245m
- 93. The Will of the Raging Samurai1979-12-2945m
- 94. The Lanterns of Early Spring and Noon Emerge1980-01-0545m
- 95. I Saw a Rainbow in the Sea of Flames1980-01-1245m
- 96. Get the Vermin Out of the Castle!1980-01-1945m
- 97. I Don't Need a Mother!1980-01-2645m
- 98. The Girl From the Wolf Village1980-02-0245m
- 99. A Dohyori of Fire!1980-02-0945m
- 100. The Fake Shogun1980-02-1645m
- 101. The Eight Million Koku Porter1980-02-2345m
- 102. The Collector Who Collected the Villain's Head1980-03-0145m
- 103. Catastrophe! We Shouldn't Have Gotten Out of the Way!1980-03-0845m
- 104. Japan's Most Wanted Bride1980-03-2245m
- 105. Stop! Uncontrolled Official Carriage1980-03-2945m
- 106. What is a Shogun?1980-04-0545m
- 107. Watch Out! A Female Spy1980-04-1245m
- 108. The Man Who Gives Orders to the Shogun!1980-04-1945m
- 109. Snacks Delight on a Sunny Day1980-04-2645m
- 110. Youth of Edo, Stand Up!1980-05-0345m
- 111. Love Blossoms in Ubasuteyama!1980-05-1045m
- 112. The Proud and Naive Samurai1980-05-1745m
- 113. The Man Who Didn't Stop1980-05-2445m
- 114. I Saw the Real One! The Hayabusa Brat1980-05-3145m
- 115. Beware of the Quick Bucks1980-06-0745m
- 116. The Man Who Died and Flourished1980-06-1445m
- 117. Courage in the Face of Injustice1980-06-2145m
- 118. Thief Training1980-06-2845m
- 119. The Fox Woman Cries, the Banner of Empathy1980-07-0545m
- 120. The Princess Take - Tears from a Wedding Procession1980-07-1245m
- 121. The Flourishing of the Female Bushido1980-07-1945m
- 122. The Sad Song of the South1980-07-2645m
- 123. The New Boss! - Osai, of the Fire Extinguisher1980-08-0245m
- 124. The One Who Stood Out After Being at Risk of Drowning1980-08-0945m
- 125. Floating Lanterns That Mark a New Beginning in a Man's Life1980-08-1645m
- 126. Love Sold for 20,000 Ryu1980-08-2345m
- 127. The Trap in the Wolf Village1980-08-3045m
- 128. Melancholy Ninja Love1980-09-0645m
- 129. Dad, You Used to Be Someone1980-09-1345m
- 130. My Childhood Friend is an Oku Woman1980-09-2745m
- 131. There was a Bullet in the Clam Chowder!1980-10-0445m
- 132. Run! The Shogun's Horse!1980-10-1145m
- 133. Listen! The Chronicles of the Old Man and the Young Master1980-10-1845m
- 134. A Silly Dance in an Oily Hell1980-10-2545m
- 135. Duel on the Steam of Hell1980-11-0145m
- 136. The Woman Who Bet on the Mountain of Fire1980-11-0845m
- 137. Edo's Female Chief1980-11-1545m
- 138. Hakone's Melancholic Drizzle1980-11-2245m
- 139. The One Who Flirted Was to Blame1980-11-2945m
- 140. The Wild Spear Everyone Fears1980-12-0645m
- 141. The Bandit Harusame's Mother1980-12-2045m
- 142. Munenryu Shintoism and Confucianism According to the Hayashi Clan1980-12-2745m
- 143. I Am the Most Unpleasant Person in the World1981-01-1045mShin-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 Shochu1981-01-1745m
- 145. The Silent Man's Divorce Letter1981-01-2445m
- 146. Ah! Justice Has Tears!1981-01-3145m
- 147. Megumi Clan's Love Bridge1981-02-0745m
- 148. Japan's Number One Little Thief1981-02-1445m
- 149. Tops Spinning Beneath a False Union1981-02-2145m
- 150. The White Waves That Shame the Flowers1981-02-2845m
- 151. Sado, the Shining Yellow1981-03-0745m
- 152. The Shogun, the Horse Thief, and the Brat1981-03-1445m
- 153. When a Man Sparks1981-03-2145m
- 154. The Love That Blooms Inside a Coffin1981-03-2845m
- 155. I Don't Want to Be the Shogun's Bride1981-04-1145m
- 156. Jongara with a Munen-Ryu Kid1981-04-1845m
- 157. The Cursed Box of 1000 Ryos1981-04-2545m
- 158. Hell's Bells Ring at 6.00 p.m1981-05-0245m
- 159. Rest in Peace, Onaka - The Flowing Lanterns1981-05-0945m
- 160. The Flowers That Fall Without Waiting for Spring1981-05-1645m
- 161. The One Who Smiled in the End1981-05-2345m
- 162. The Blooming Ginseng Flower That the Firefighter's Matoi Made Flourish1981-05-3045m
- 163. The Cowardly Samurai Who Made a Demon Woman Cry1981-06-0645m
- 164. Break the Chains of the Heart With Human Kindness1981-06-1345m
- 165. Whose Ungrateful Son is it1981-06-2045m
- 166. Promise of the Bell the Girl With Bangs and a Sword1981-06-2745m
- 167. The Decisive Duel of the Lantern Samurai1981-07-0445m
- 168. Legitimate Marital Fight1981-07-1145m
- 169. Clear Sky - The Hungry Lancer1981-07-1845m
- 170. The Duel! Blood in the Fuefuki River of Koshu1981-08-0145m
- 171. Burning Tears of the Traitor1981-08-0845m
- 172. The Flower in the Shadow That Made a Man Bloom1981-08-1545m
- 173. Waves of the Seto Maiden1981-08-2245m
- 174. Onomichi - Sunset of Revenge1981-08-2945m
- 175. The Million Kokus Dependent1981-09-0545m
- 176. The Bond of Hatred Between Father and Daughter1981-09-1245m
- 177. The Morning When Demons Wept1981-09-1945m
- 178. The Bet For the Dance Fan in the Sumo Ring1981-09-2645m
- 179. The Samurai Tanuki Performs a Great Feat1981-10-0345m
- 180. The Man Who Steals While Preaching1981-10-1045m
- 181. Oath of Brothers1981-10-1745m
- 182. The One Who Eats From the Table and the One Who Doesn't1981-10-2445m
- 183. The Night Flower That Blooms Once1981-10-3145m
- 184. The Man Who Danced in the Shadows1981-11-0745m
- 185. The Man Who Danced in the Shadows1981-11-1445m
- 186. The Love Story of a Man and His Taiko Drum1981-11-2145m
- 187. Sorry, Shogun! The Change of a Monk1981-11-2845m
- 188. Call of the Storm! The Bride From Megumi1981-12-0545m
- 189. The Heart of a Mother That Made Demons Cry1981-12-1245m
- 190. The Number One Rain Man in Japan1981-12-1945m
- 191. Cold Wind of Yoshiwara, Tears of a Woman1981-12-2645m
- 192. Laughter and Tears, The Dramatic Life of the People of Kawachi1982-01-0945m
- 193. The First Snow is the Make-Up of the Dead of a Sad Woman1982-01-1645m
- 194. The Poor and Nameless Grass1982-01-2345m
- 195. The Fragrance of the Sea, Tastes Like Mama1982-01-3045m
- 196. Why Sadness in Sharing an Umbrella?1982-02-0645m
- 197. A Remora That is More Frightening Than a Pufferfish1982-02-1345m
- 198. Sadness. Fallen Flowers of Those Who Stay1982-02-2045m
- 199. The Villain Who Laughed Last1982-02-2745m
- 200. Laughter and Tears, Three Girls From Edo1982-03-0645m
- 201. The Greatest Achievement of a Drunken Jitte1982-03-1345m
- 202. The Tale of the Fame of the Fool Kanpachi1982-03-2045m
- 203. The Flower That Disappeared in an Avalanche1982-03-2745m
- 204. Farewell Flower, Night Gust1982-04-1045m
- 205. Spring Has Come Again! Spouses' Kanzashi1982-04-1745m
- 206. You're a Child. Don't Cry, Torokichi!1982-04-2445m
- 207. The Farewell of the 808 Towns1982-05-0145m
Cast
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Saburo Kitajima
Tatsugoro
Tadashi Yokouchi
Oo'oka Echizen-no-Kami Tadasuke
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How many seasons does Abarenbo Shogun have?
Abarenbo Shogun has 12 seasons and 834 episodes.
When did Abarenbo Shogun first air?
Abarenbo Shogun first aired in 1978.
Is Abarenbo Shogun still running?
Abarenbo Shogun's status on TMDB is: Ended.
What genre is Abarenbo Shogun?
Abarenbo Shogun is classified as Family, Drama, Action & Adventure.