About this season
After being carried in his mother’s womb for three years, Benkei is born with long hair and teeth and the body of a small child. It is said that he immediately laughed and commented on the brightness of the outside world, leading local people in his native Kii (modern Wakayama) to proclaim that he is a devil. Abandoned on a mountainside, he is adopted by Dainagon, a Kyoto resident who rears him until age seven when he leaves to become a monk. Thrown out of the monastery for his violent behavior, Benkei wanders Japan in search of enlightenment, though only trouble seems to find him. After accidentally causing a temple to burn down, he decides to begin a quest to defeat 1,000 of the hated Heike samurai in battle and donate their swords to a temple. Obtaining the first 999 swords proves relatively easy but the final weapon belongs to Yoshitsune, a young boy whose appearance belies his great skill as a warrior.
Episodes (32)
1. Ferocious Monk of Love
Aired 9 April 1986 • 46 min
First episode.
2. The Proud Taira clan
Aired 16 April 1986 • 46 min
3. Spring evening at Gojo Bridge
Aired 23 April 1986 • 46 min
4. The boy from Kurama
Aired 30 April 1986 • 46 min
5. Tokiwa and Shizuka
Aired 7 May 1986 • 46 min
6. A Turbulent Dance of Love and Hate
Aired 14 May 1986 • 46 min
7. To the Oshu
Aired 21 May 1986 • 46 min
8. Northern king
Aired 28 May 1986 • 46 min
9. Oniwaka's lullaby
Aired 4 June 1986 • 46 min
10. Crying Hokuro
Aired 11 June 1986 • 46 min
11. Gather the Genji
Aired 18 June 1986 • 46 min
12. Meeting at Kisegawa river
Aired 25 June 1986 • 46 min
13. Half brother
Aired 2 July 1986 • 46 min
14. Trouble of a truce bearer
Aired 9 July 1986 • 46 min
15. Episode 15
Aired 16 July 1986 • 46 min
16. Episode 16
Aired 23 July 1986 • 46 min
17. Episode 17
Aired 30 July 1986 • 46 min
18. Episode 18
Aired 6 August 1986 • 46 min
19. Episode 19
Aired 13 August 1986 • 46 min
20. Episode 20
Aired 20 August 1986 • 46 min
21. Episode 21
Aired 27 August 1986 • 46 min
22. Episode 22
Aired 3 September 1986 • 46 min
23. Episode 23
Aired 10 September 1986 • 46 min
24. Episode 24
Aired 17 September 1986 • 46 min
25. Episode 25
Aired 24 September 1986 • 46 min
26. Episode 26
Aired 1 October 1986 • 46 min
27. Episode 27
Aired 8 October 1986 • 46 min
28. Episode 28
Aired 15 October 1986 • 46 min
29. Episode 29
Aired 22 October 1986 • 46 min
30. Episode 30
Aired 29 October 1986 • 46 min
31. Episode 31
Aired 5 November 1986 • 46 min
32. Episode 32
Aired 12 November 1986 • 46 min