About this season
Zankuro Matsudaira (Ken Watanabe) is a low-grade vassal of the Tokugawa Shogun, forced to moonlight as a bodyguard and executioner to make ends meet. He also has a drinking problem, an overeating mother, and a propensity to protect the oppressed, all of which eat into his finances. His confident mother Masajo (Kyoko Kishida) is the descendant of a famous family of shogunate retainers and a mistress of the pen and sword, who regards her son as a failure.
Episodes (8)
1
E1
1. Side Job
Aired 9 January 1995 • 45 min
2
E2
2. The Two Bodyguards
Aired 16 January 1995
3
E3
3. Sister Comes Home
Aired 23 January 1995
4
E4
4. The Mystery of the Blue Skin
Aired 30 January 1995
5
E5
5. Voluntary Imprisonment
Aired 6 February 1995
6
E6
6. I am the Shogun
Aired 13 February 1995
7
E7
7. The Master of Waste
Aired 20 February 1995
8
E8
8. A Mysterious Killer
Aired 27 February 1995