Abarenbô Shôgun - Season 1

Abarenbô Shôgun - Season 1

Season 1

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DatesJan 7, 1978 - Sep 29, 1979

Episodes

The Star of Edo
Season 1Episode 155 min

The Star of Edo

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.
Jan 7, 1978
Remarkable Charlatan
Season 1Episode 255 min

Remarkable Charlatan

Ogyu Shosen is called a quack doctor, but Yoshimune thinks he should be made surgeon-general.
Jan 14, 1978
The First Firemen Banner
Season 1Episode 355 min

The First Firemen Banner

Hatamoto firemen are causing a nuisance and thieving in town, so fiery Tatsugoro and his gang of construction workers aim to take them down.
Jan 21, 1978
Mother From Long Past
Season 1Episode 455 min

Mother From Long Past

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).
Jan 28, 1978
Spring in the O'oku
Season 1Episode 555 min

Spring in the O'oku

Feb 4, 1978
The Splendid Potato Samurai
Season 1Episode 655 min

The Splendid Potato Samurai

Feb 11, 1978
Man of the River Styx
Season 1Episode 755 min

Man of the River Styx

Feb 25, 1978
The Befouled Truncheon
Season 1Episode 855 min

The Befouled Truncheon

Mar 4, 1978
The Chivalrous Thief
Season 1Episode 955 min

The Chivalrous Thief

Mar 11, 1978
The Blossoming Meyasubako
Season 1Episode 1055 min

The Blossoming Meyasubako

Mar 18, 1978
The Finest Kiyari Song
Season 1Episode 1155 min

The Finest Kiyari Song

Mar 25, 1978
The Amazing Kishu Woman
Season 1Episode 1255 min

The Amazing Kishu Woman

Yoshimune's old friend from Kishu, a female lumberjack, comes to Edo to engage in lumber trade, but gets in trouble.
Apr 1, 1978
The Perilous Souvenir Gift
Season 1Episode 1355 min

The Perilous Souvenir Gift

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.
Apr 8, 1978
The Golden Crow Charms
Season 1Episode 1455 min

The Golden Crow Charms

Fireman Genzo wins the lottery, but is then reported to the police for having a forged ticket.
Apr 15, 1978
The Quack who Calls Forth Spring
Season 1Episode 1555 min

The Quack who Calls Forth Spring

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.
Apr 22, 1978
Showdown at Beautiful Yoshiwara
Season 1Episode 1655 min

Showdown at Beautiful Yoshiwara

Apr 29, 1978
Love and the Guardian Deity
Season 1Episode 1755 min

Love and the Guardian Deity

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!
May 6, 1978
The Beat of a Taiko Drum in Edo
Season 1Episode 1855 min

The Beat of a Taiko Drum in Edo

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.
May 13, 1978
A Ballad of a Fireman
Season 1Episode 1955 min

A Ballad of a Fireman

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.
May 20, 1978
Iris and Sympathy
Season 1Episode 2055 min

Iris and Sympathy

May 27, 1978
Firemen‘s Standard was Watching
Season 1Episode 2155 min

Firemen‘s Standard was Watching

Jun 3, 1978
Friendships Support the World
Season 1Episode 2255 min

Friendships Support the World

Jun 17, 1978
Rage of the Fishmonger
Season 1Episode 2355 min

Rage of the Fishmonger

Jun 24, 1978
The Dreadful Shichi-ri Messengers
Season 1Episode 2455 min

The Dreadful Shichi-ri Messengers

Jul 1, 1978
Heavens! Great Trouble in Edo
Season 1Episode 2555 min

Heavens! Great Trouble in Edo

Jul 8, 1978
The Drunken Man Who Was Promoted
Season 1Episode 2655 min

The Drunken Man Who Was Promoted

Jul 15, 1978
The Woman Who Challenged the Yagyu Family
Season 1Episode 2755 min

The Woman Who Challenged the Yagyu Family

Jul 22, 1978
A Flower Blooms in the Dark
Season 1Episode 2855 min

A Flower Blooms in the Dark

Jul 29, 1978
The Goofiest Pickpocket in Edo
Season 1Episode 2955 min

The Goofiest Pickpocket in Edo

Aug 19, 1978
The Misjudged Betrayer
Season 1Episode 3055 min

The Misjudged Betrayer

Sep 9, 1978
The Woman Who Disappeared from the Hunting Ground
Season 1Episode 3155 min

The Woman Who Disappeared from the Hunting Ground

Sep 16, 1978
The Best Announcement of the Winner in Japan
Season 1Episode 3255 min

The Best Announcement of the Winner in Japan

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 (maybe he ate a lot of sugar) and really wants to wrestle him. Eventually Shin-san learns of the wrestling drama that is unfolding...
Sep 23, 1978
A Daimyo's Famed Shiruko Restaurant
Season 1Episode 3355 min

A Daimyo's Famed Shiruko Restaurant

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...
Sep 30, 1978
The Women Who Dance in a Tempest
Season 1Episode 3455 min

The Women Who Dance in a Tempest

Oct 7, 1978
The Bride With an Explosive
Season 1Episode 3555 min

The Bride With an Explosive

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...
Oct 14, 1978
The Decieving Mole Under a Womans Eye
Season 1Episode 3655 min

The Decieving Mole Under a Womans Eye

Oct 21, 1978
Feel Her Heart
Season 1Episode 3755 min

Feel Her Heart

Oct 28, 1978
The Woman Who Challenged Her Master
Season 1Episode 3855 min

The Woman Who Challenged Her Master

Nov 4, 1978
A Sweet Snare From Ryukyu
Season 1Episode 3955 min

A Sweet Snare From Ryukyu

Nov 11, 1978
Go! The Prodogy of the Commoners
Season 1Episode 4055 min

Go! The Prodogy of the Commoners

Nov 18, 1978
Hara Kiri! The Drunkard Magistrate
Season 1Episode 4155 min

Hara Kiri! The Drunkard Magistrate

Dec 2, 1978
A Hot Man and a Brazen Hussy
Season 1Episode 4255 min

A Hot Man and a Brazen Hussy

Dec 9, 1978
The Shoguns Secret Ninja
Season 1Episode 4355 min

The Shoguns Secret Ninja

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.
Dec 16, 1978
Fresh Blood on the Bestowed Sword
Season 1Episode 4455 min

Fresh Blood on the Bestowed Sword

Dec 23, 1978
The Counterfeit Coins and the Candy Man
Season 1Episode 4555 min

The Counterfeit Coins and the Candy Man

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 him (bastard we know you just want free candy) just when the guy's old friends force him to counterfeit again...
Dec 30, 1978
A Grand New Years Gift
Season 1Episode 4655 min

A Grand New Years Gift

Jan 6, 1979
The Female Doctor With a Fist
Season 1Episode 4755 min

The Female Doctor With a Fist

Edo is invigorated by an unusually aggressive and outspoken female doctor, Oshino, who physically beats her patients if they do not obey her.
Jan 13, 1979
Hell in the Heavenly Bath
Season 1Episode 4855 min

Hell in the Heavenly Bath

Jan 20, 1979
Ikasu korosu wa fude Ippon!
Season 1Episode 4955 min

Ikasu korosu wa fude Ippon!

Jan 27, 1979
The Great Packed Lunch of a Woman
Season 1Episode 5055 min

The Great Packed Lunch of a Woman

Feb 3, 1979
The Bride of the Fish Market
Season 1Episode 5155 min

The Bride of the Fish Market

Feb 10, 1979
The Downfall of Ohoka Echizen No Kami
Season 1Episode 5255 min

The Downfall of Ohoka Echizen No Kami

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...
Feb 17, 1979
The Best Dry Sake For Mother and Son
Season 1Episode 5355 min

The Best Dry Sake For Mother and Son

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.
Feb 24, 1979
The Female Doctor Who Loves Money
Season 1Episode 5455 min

The Female Doctor Who Loves Money

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.
Mar 3, 1979
This Small Incident Occured Ten Years Ago
Season 1Episode 5555 min

This Small Incident Occured Ten Years Ago

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.
Mar 10, 1979
The Man Who Died in the Light Snowfalls in Spring
Season 1Episode 5655 min

The Man Who Died in the Light Snowfalls in Spring

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.
Mar 17, 1979
Eliminations of Black Sheep
Season 1Episode 5755 min

Eliminations of Black Sheep

Mar 24, 1979
The Best Cherry Blossom Dance in Edo
Season 1Episode 5855 min

The Best Cherry Blossom Dance in Edo

Mar 31, 1979
The Firemens Standard is the Firemens Heart and Soul
Season 1Episode 5955 min

The Firemens Standard is the Firemens Heart and Soul

Apr 7, 1979
Only the Sun Knew
Season 1Episode 6055 min

Only the Sun Knew

Apr 14, 1979
The Perished Love in a Spring Storm
Season 1Episode 6155 min

The Perished Love in a Spring Storm

Apr 21, 1979
A Single Flower in the Dark
Season 1Episode 6255 min

A Single Flower in the Dark

Apr 28, 1979
The Fallen Flower in the Game of Chance
Season 1Episode 6355 min

The Fallen Flower in the Game of Chance

May 5, 1979
Holding a Fire Standard For a Spear
Season 1Episode 6455 min

Holding a Fire Standard For a Spear

May 12, 1979
The Troublesome Tea Urn Trip
Season 1Episode 6555 min

The Troublesome Tea Urn Trip

May 19, 1979
Daruma Smiled on Joshu Road
Season 1Episode 6655 min

Daruma Smiled on Joshu Road

May 26, 1979
Commissioner Ohoka Committs Hara Kiri
Season 1Episode 6755 min

Commissioner Ohoka Committs Hara Kiri

Jun 2, 1979
A Bogus Complaint
Season 1Episode 6855 min

A Bogus Complaint

Jun 9, 1979
Very Proud of the Celebrated Sword
Season 1Episode 6955 min

Very Proud of the Celebrated Sword

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.
Jun 16, 1979
A Loach Pot Rather Than a Domain
Season 1Episode 7055 min

A Loach Pot Rather Than a Domain

Jun 23, 1979
Revenge Colored With Safflowers
Season 1Episode 7155 min

Revenge Colored With Safflowers

Jun 30, 1979
The Best Godfather in Japan
Season 1Episode 7255 min

The Best Godfather in Japan

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.
Jul 7, 1979
A Man Passionate About the Snow on Mount Fuji
Season 1Episode 7355 min

A Man Passionate About the Snow on Mount Fuji

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.
Jul 14, 1979
Kick the Edo Illness Out
Season 1Episode 7455 min

Kick the Edo Illness Out

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).
Jul 21, 1979
Gorozaemon Kano's Disappearance
Season 1Episode 7555 min

Gorozaemon Kano's Disappearance

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.
Aug 11, 1979
Suspicion Begets Idle Fears
Season 1Episode 7655 min

Suspicion Begets Idle Fears

A lord lets 3 master ghost actresses into his house as maids, somehow doesn't connect this with supernatural happenings in his house.
Aug 18, 1979
The Bridge that Came from Kishu
Season 1Episode 7755 min

The Bridge that Came from Kishu

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.
Aug 25, 1979
A Man Hunting the Whole Country
Season 1Episode 7855 min

A Man Hunting the Whole Country

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.
Sep 8, 1979
Peerless! The Taste of Momma
Season 1Episode 7955 min

Peerless! The Taste of Momma

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.
Sep 15, 1979
The Direct Retainers of the Shogun Run Wild
Season 1Episode 8055 min

The Direct Retainers of the Shogun Run Wild

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.
Sep 22, 1979
Heroes in the Darkness
Season 1Episode 8155 min

Heroes in the Darkness

Sep 29, 1979

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