About this season
Set in the eighteenth century, during the reign of the fifth Tokugawa shōgun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. Akō-han is demolished by the Tokugawa shogunate. Hotta Hayato is a ronin who is living a desperate life because of his sad past. But one day he starts working for Chisaka Takafusa, the Chief retainer of the Uesugi clan. The Uesugi clan and Chisaka are wary of Ōishi Kuranosuke and Ako Roshi's movements, so Chisaka orders Hotta to observe Ōishi Kuranosuke.
Episodes (36)
1. Rain of Flowers
Aired 16 April 1979
First Episode
2. Blood Spilled in the Pines Corridor
Aired 23 April 1979
3. The Useless and the Hyobu of the Cats
Aired 30 April 1979
4. The Joro Spider
Aired 7 May 1979
5. Storm at Ako Castle
Aired 14 May 1979
6. Proud Samurai
Aired 21 May 1979
7. Secret Dispute
Aired 28 May 1979
8. The Secret Brief
Aired 4 June 1979
9. Decision
Aired 11 June 1979
10. Vernal Storm
Aired 18 June 1979
11. Kuranosuke's Assassination
Aired 25 June 1979
12. One Shot
Aired 2 July 1979
13. Delivery of the Castle
Aired 9 July 1979
14. A New Journey
Aired 16 July 1979
15. Binoculars
Aired 23 July 1979
16. The Woman with the Seven Faces
Aired 30 July 1979
17. Forbidden Love
Aired 6 August 1979
18. The Song of the Cicadas
Aired 13 August 1979
19. The Daimon-Ji of Tragic Love
Aired 20 August 1979
20. Firefly Light
Aired 27 August 1979
21. Autumn Reminiscences
Aired 3 September 1979
22. Kuranosuke Goes to Edo
Aired 10 September 1979
23. Reunion
Aired 17 September 1979
24. Passion
Aired 24 September 1979
25. Search the Kira Residence!
Aired 1 October 1979
26. The Last Goodbye in Yamashina
Aired 8 October 1979
27. The Relic of the Long Desire of the Mother and the Son
Aired 15 October 1979
28. The Departure for Vengeance
Aired 22 October 1979
29. Decadent Youth
Aired 29 October 1979
30. Oishi's Journey to the East
Aired 5 November 1979
31. Desperate Attack
Aired 12 November 1979
32. A Deadly Fight for Destiny
Aired 19 November 1979
33. The Night Before the Attack
Aired 26 November 1979
34. It's Time! The Raid!
Aired 3 December 1979
35. Triumph at Dawn
Aired 10 December 1979
36. The Way of the Samurai in the Genroku Era
Aired 17 December 1979