Abarenbo Shogun

The Star of Edo

1978-01-07 · 45m

Roughhousing 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.

The Remarkable Charlatan

1978-01-14 · 45m

Ogyu Shosen is called a quack doctor, but Yoshimune thinks he should be made surgeon-general.

The First Fireman Banner

1978-01-21 · 45m

Hatamoto firemen are causing a nuisance and thieving in town, so fiery Tatsugoro and his gang of construction workers aim to take them down.

Mother From Long Past

1978-01-28 · 45m

A 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).

Spring in the O'oku

1978-02-04 · 45m

The Splendid Potato Samurai

1978-02-11 · 45m

The Man of River Styx

1978-02-25 · 45m

The Befouled Truncheon

1978-03-04 · 45m

The Chivalrous Thief

1978-03-11 · 45m

The Blossoming Meyasubako

1978-03-18 · 45m

The Finest Kiyari Song

1978-03-25 · 45m

The Amazing Kishu Woman

1978-04-01 · 45m

Yoshimune's old friend from Kishu, a female lumberjack, comes to Edo to engage in lumber trade, but gets in trouble.

The Perilous Souvenir Gift

1978-04-08 · 45m

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 up getting in the way of a drug bust and is mistaken for a drug dealer.

The Golden Crow Charms

1978-04-15 · 45m

Fireman Genzo wins the lottery, but is then reported to the police for having a forged ticket.

The Quack Who Calls Forth Spring

1978-04-22 · 45m

Even 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.

Showdown at Beautiful Yoshiwara

1978-04-29 · 45m

Love and the Guardian Deity

1978-05-06 · 45m

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 stone can save Tamba-ya from destruction!

The Beat of a Taiko Drum in Edo

1978-05-13 · 45m

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 back by 4 PM. This doesn't seem likely, since Yoshimune gets involved in a big fistfight and village drama.

A Ballad of a Fireman

1978-05-20 · 45m

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 no heir of their own. The other samurai do not like him.

Iris and Sympathy

1978-05-27 · 45m

Fireman's Standard was Watching

1978-06-03 · 45m

Friendships Support the World

1978-06-17 · 45m

Rage of the Fishmonger

1978-06-24 · 45m

The Dreadful Shichi-ri Messengers

1978-07-01 · 45m

Heavens! Great Trouble in Edo

1978-07-08 · 45m

The Drunken Man Who was Promoted

1978-07-15 · 45m

The Woman Who Challenged the Yagyu Family

1978-07-22 · 45m

A Flower Blooms in the Dark

1978-07-29 · 45m

The Goofiest Pickpocket in Edo

1978-08-19 · 45m

The Misjudged Betrayer

1978-09-09 · 45m

The Woman Who Disappeared from the Hunting Ground

1978-09-16 · 45m

The Best Announcement of the Winner in Japan

1978-09-23 · 45m

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 very excitable and really, really wants to wrestle him. Eventually Shin-san learns of the wrestling drama that is unfolding...

A Daimyo's Famed Shiruko Restaurant

1978-09-30 · 45m

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 funds. The samurai has some trouble getting customers...

The Women Who Dance in a Tempest

1978-10-07 · 45m

The Bride with an Explosive

1978-10-14 · 45m

A 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...

The Deceiving Mole Under a Woman's Eye

1978-10-21 · 45m

Feel Her Heart

1978-10-28 · 45m

The Woman Who Challenged Her Master

1978-11-04 · 45m

A Sweet Snare from RyuKyu

1978-11-11 · 45m

Go! The Prodogy of the Commoners

1978-11-18 · 45m

Hara-Kiri! The Drunkard Magistrate

1978-12-02 · 45m

A Hot Man and a Brazen Hussy

1978-12-09 · 45m

The Shogun's Secret Ninja

1978-12-16 · 45m

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 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.

Fresh Blood on the Bestowed Sword

1978-12-23 · 45m

The Counterfeit Coins and the Candy Man

1978-12-30 · 45m

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 vowed to turn his life around. Shin-san becomes interested in candy just when the guy's old friends force him to counterfeit again...

A Grand New Year's Gift

1979-01-06 · 45m

The Female Doctor with a Fist

1979-01-13 · 45m

Edo is invigorated by an unusually aggressive and outspoken female doctor, Oshino, who physically beats her patients if they do not obey her.

Hell in the Heavenly Bath

1979-01-20 · 45m

The Pen is Mightier Than The Sword

1979-01-27 · 45m

The Great Packed Lunch of a Woman

1979-02-03 · 45m

The Bride of the Fish Market

1979-02-10 · 45m

The Downfall of Ooka Echizen No Kami

1979-02-17 · 45m

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 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...

The Best Dry Sake for Mother and Son

1979-02-24 · 45m

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 sake seller, can save her.

The Female Doctor Who Loves Money

1979-03-03 · 45m

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 the money instead.

This Small Incident Occured Ten Years Ago

1979-03-10 · 45m

Shoheiko, 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.

The Man Who Died in the Light Snowfalls in Spring

1979-03-17 · 45m

Ryuko'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.

Eliminations of Black Sheep

1979-03-24 · 45m

The Best Cherry Blossom Dance in Edo

1979-03-31 · 45m

The Firemen's Standard is the Firemen's Heart and Soul

1979-04-07 · 45m

Only the Sun Knew

1979-04-14 · 45m

The Perished Love in a Spring Storm

1979-04-21 · 45m

A Single Flower in the Dark

1979-04-28 · 45m

The Fallen Flower in the Game of Chance

1979-05-05 · 45m

Holding a Fire Standard for a Spear

1979-05-12 · 45m

The Troublesome Tea Urn Trip

1979-05-19 · 45m

Daruma Smiled on Joshu Road

1979-05-26 · 45m

Commissioner Ooka Committs Hara-Kiri!

1979-06-02 · 45m

A Bogus Complaint

1979-06-09 · 45m

Very Proud of the Celebrated Sword

1979-06-16 · 45m

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. However, a competitor attacks him, crippling the ronin's hand. Shin-san is really mad about this, even though the ronin attacked him earlier.

A Loach Pot Rather Than A Domain

1979-06-23 · 45m

The Best Godfather in Japan

1979-06-30 · 45m

Revenge Colored with Safflowers

1979-07-07 · 45m

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 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.

A Man Passionate About the Snow on Mount Fuji

1979-07-14 · 45m

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 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.

Kick the Edo Illness Out!

1979-07-21 · 45m

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 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).

Gorozaemon Kano's Disappearance

1979-08-11 · 45m

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 a nutter who wants to frame him for murder to steal his job.

Suspicion Begets Idle Fears

1979-08-18 · 45m

A lord lets 3 master ghost actresses into his house as maids, somehow doesn't connect this with supernatural happenings in his house.

The Bride That Came From Kishu

1979-08-25 · 45m

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, who proposed to her when she was eight (??!) but Kano backed out.

A Man Hunting the Whole Country

1979-09-08 · 45m

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 VERY sensitive farmer's farm.

Peerless! The Taste of Momma

1979-09-15 · 45m

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 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.

The Direct Retainers of the Shogun Run Wild

1979-09-22 · 45m

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.

Heroes in the Darkness

1979-09-29 · 45m

Angelic Neighborhood Bully

1979-10-13 · 45m

Thief Targeting the Nation

1979-10-20 · 45m

O-sai Flies!

1979-10-27 · 45m

Mount Fuji Saw The Wild Spear

1979-11-03 · 45m

The Shogun Permitted a Thief

1979-11-10 · 45m

Bullet Aiming At 8 Million Koku

1979-11-17 · 45m

Burn! Even If You Must Die

1979-11-24 · 45m

Embarrased To Recieve Flowers in Congratulation

1979-12-01 · 45m

Beast Battle! Master Tatsugoro

1979-12-08 · 45m

Duel! In the Stormy Castle

1979-12-15 · 45m

Cheers! Quack Doctor

1979-12-22 · 45m

The Will of the Raging Samurai

1979-12-29 · 45m

The Lanterns of Early Spring and Noon Emerge

1980-01-05 · 45m

I Saw a Rainbow in the Sea of Flames

1980-01-12 · 45m

Get the Vermin Out of the Castle!

1980-01-19 · 45m

I Don't Need a Mother!

1980-01-26 · 45m

The Girl From the Wolf Village

1980-02-02 · 45m

A Dohyori of Fire!

1980-02-09 · 45m

The Fake Shogun

1980-02-16 · 45m

The Eight Million Koku Porter

1980-02-23 · 45m

The Collector Who Collected the Villain's Head

1980-03-01 · 45m

Catastrophe! We Shouldn't Have Gotten Out of the Way!

1980-03-08 · 45m

Japan's Most Wanted Bride

1980-03-22 · 45m

Stop! Uncontrolled Official Carriage

1980-03-29 · 45m

What is a Shogun?

1980-04-05 · 45m

Watch Out! A Female Spy

1980-04-12 · 45m

The Man Who Gives Orders to the Shogun!

1980-04-19 · 45m

Snacks Delight on a Sunny Day

1980-04-26 · 45m

Youth of Edo, Stand Up!

1980-05-03 · 45m

Love Blossoms in Ubasuteyama!

1980-05-10 · 45m

The Proud and Naive Samurai

1980-05-17 · 45m

The Man Who Didn't Stop

1980-05-24 · 45m

I Saw the Real One! The Hayabusa Brat

1980-05-31 · 45m

Beware of the Quick Bucks

1980-06-07 · 45m

The Man Who Died and Flourished

1980-06-14 · 45m

Courage in the Face of Injustice

1980-06-21 · 45m

Thief Training

1980-06-28 · 45m

The Fox Woman Cries, the Banner of Empathy

1980-07-05 · 45m

The Princess Take - Tears from a Wedding Procession

1980-07-12 · 45m

The Flourishing of the Female Bushido

1980-07-19 · 45m

The Sad Song of the South

1980-07-26 · 45m

The New Boss! - Osai, of the Fire Extinguisher

1980-08-02 · 45m

The One Who Stood Out After Being at Risk of Drowning

1980-08-09 · 45m

Floating Lanterns That Mark a New Beginning in a Man's Life

1980-08-16 · 45m

Love Sold for 20,000 Ryu

1980-08-23 · 45m

The Trap in the Wolf Village

1980-08-30 · 45m

Melancholy Ninja Love

1980-09-06 · 45m

Dad, You Used to Be Someone

1980-09-13 · 45m

My Childhood Friend is an Oku Woman

1980-09-27 · 45m

There was a Bullet in the Clam Chowder!

1980-10-04 · 45m

Run! The Shogun's Horse!

1980-10-11 · 45m

Listen! The Chronicles of the Old Man and the Young Master

1980-10-18 · 45m

A Silly Dance in an Oily Hell

1980-10-25 · 45m

Duel on the Steam of Hell

1980-11-01 · 45m

The Woman Who Bet on the Mountain of Fire

1980-11-08 · 45m

Edo's Female Chief

1980-11-15 · 45m

Hakone's Melancholic Drizzle

1980-11-22 · 45m

The One Who Flirted Was to Blame

1980-11-29 · 45m

The Wild Spear Everyone Fears

1980-12-06 · 45m

The Bandit Harusame's Mother

1980-12-20 · 45m

Munenryu Shintoism and Confucianism According to the Hayashi Clan

1980-12-27 · 45m

I Am the Most Unpleasant Person in the World

1981-01-10 · 45m

Shin-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.

One Life For One Isshou of Shochu

1981-01-17 · 45m

The Silent Man's Divorce Letter

1981-01-24 · 45m

Ah! Justice Has Tears!

1981-01-31 · 45m

Megumi Clan's Love Bridge

1981-02-07 · 45m

Japan's Number One Little Thief

1981-02-14 · 45m

Tops Spinning Beneath a False Union

1981-02-21 · 45m

The White Waves That Shame the Flowers

1981-02-28 · 45m

Sado, the Shining Yellow

1981-03-07 · 45m

The Shogun, the Horse Thief, and the Brat

1981-03-14 · 45m

When a Man Sparks

1981-03-21 · 45m

The Love That Blooms Inside a Coffin

1981-03-28 · 45m

I Don't Want to Be the Shogun's Bride

1981-04-11 · 45m

Jongara with a Munen-Ryu Kid

1981-04-18 · 45m

The Cursed Box of 1000 Ryos

1981-04-25 · 45m

Hell's Bells Ring at 6.00 p.m

1981-05-02 · 45m

Rest in Peace, Onaka - The Flowing Lanterns

1981-05-09 · 45m

The Flowers That Fall Without Waiting for Spring

1981-05-16 · 45m

The One Who Smiled in the End

1981-05-23 · 45m

The Blooming Ginseng Flower That the Firefighter's Matoi Made Flourish

1981-05-30 · 45m

The Cowardly Samurai Who Made a Demon Woman Cry

1981-06-06 · 45m

Break the Chains of the Heart With Human Kindness

1981-06-13 · 45m

Whose Ungrateful Son is it

1981-06-20 · 45m

Promise of the Bell the Girl With Bangs and a Sword

1981-06-27 · 45m

The Decisive Duel of the Lantern Samurai

1981-07-04 · 45m

Legitimate Marital Fight

1981-07-11 · 45m

Clear Sky - The Hungry Lancer

1981-07-18 · 45m

The Duel! Blood in the Fuefuki River of Koshu

1981-08-01 · 45m

Burning Tears of the Traitor

1981-08-08 · 45m

The Flower in the Shadow That Made a Man Bloom

1981-08-15 · 45m

Waves of the Seto Maiden

1981-08-22 · 45m

Onomichi - Sunset of Revenge

1981-08-29 · 45m

The Million Kokus Dependent

1981-09-05 · 45m

The Bond of Hatred Between Father and Daughter

1981-09-12 · 45m

The Morning When Demons Wept

1981-09-19 · 45m

The Bet For the Dance Fan in the Sumo Ring

1981-09-26 · 45m

The Samurai Tanuki Performs a Great Feat

1981-10-03 · 45m

The Man Who Steals While Preaching

1981-10-10 · 45m

Oath of Brothers

1981-10-17 · 45m

The One Who Eats From the Table and the One Who Doesn't

1981-10-24 · 45m

The Night Flower That Blooms Once

1981-10-31 · 45m

The Man Who Danced in the Shadows

1981-11-07 · 45m

The Man Who Danced in the Shadows

1981-11-14 · 45m

The Love Story of a Man and His Taiko Drum

1981-11-21 · 45m

Sorry, Shogun! The Change of a Monk

1981-11-28 · 45m

Call of the Storm! The Bride From Megumi

1981-12-05 · 45m

The Heart of a Mother That Made Demons Cry

1981-12-12 · 45m

The Number One Rain Man in Japan

1981-12-19 · 45m

Cold Wind of Yoshiwara, Tears of a Woman

1981-12-26 · 45m

Laughter and Tears, The Dramatic Life of the People of Kawachi

1982-01-09 · 45m

The First Snow is the Make-Up of the Dead of a Sad Woman

1982-01-16 · 45m

The Poor and Nameless Grass

1982-01-23 · 45m

The Fragrance of the Sea, Tastes Like Mama

1982-01-30 · 45m

Why Sadness in Sharing an Umbrella?

1982-02-06 · 45m

A Remora That is More Frightening Than a Pufferfish

1982-02-13 · 45m

Sadness. Fallen Flowers of Those Who Stay

1982-02-20 · 45m

The Villain Who Laughed Last

1982-02-27 · 45m

Laughter and Tears, Three Girls From Edo

1982-03-06 · 45m

The Greatest Achievement of a Drunken Jitte

1982-03-13 · 45m

The Tale of the Fame of the Fool Kanpachi

1982-03-20 · 45m

The Flower That Disappeared in an Avalanche

1982-03-27 · 45m

Farewell Flower, Night Gust

1982-04-10 · 45m

Spring Has Come Again! Spouses' Kanzashi

1982-04-17 · 45m

You're a Child. Don't Cry, Torokichi!

1982-04-24 · 45m

The Farewell of the 808 Towns

1982-05-01 · 45m