Season 1

1. 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.

2. The Remarkable Charlatan

1978-01-14 · 45m

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

3. 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.

4. 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).

5. Spring in the O'oku

1978-02-04 · 45m

6. The Splendid Potato Samurai

1978-02-11 · 45m

7. The Man of River Styx

1978-02-25 · 45m

8. The Befouled Truncheon

1978-03-04 · 45m

9. The Chivalrous Thief

1978-03-11 · 45m

10. The Blossoming Meyasubako

1978-03-18 · 45m

11. The Finest Kiyari Song

1978-03-25 · 45m

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. Showdown at Beautiful Yoshiwara

1978-04-29 · 45m

17. 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!

18. 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.

19. 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.

20. Iris and Sympathy

1978-05-27 · 45m

21. Fireman's Standard was Watching

1978-06-03 · 45m

22. Friendships Support the World

1978-06-17 · 45m

23. Rage of the Fishmonger

1978-06-24 · 45m

24. The Dreadful Shichi-ri Messengers

1978-07-01 · 45m

25. Heavens! Great Trouble in Edo

1978-07-08 · 45m

26. The Drunken Man Who was Promoted

1978-07-15 · 45m

27. The Woman Who Challenged the Yagyu Family

1978-07-22 · 45m

28. A Flower Blooms in the Dark

1978-07-29 · 45m

29. The Goofiest Pickpocket in Edo

1978-08-19 · 45m

30. The Misjudged Betrayer

1978-09-09 · 45m

31. The Woman Who Disappeared from the Hunting Ground

1978-09-16 · 45m

32. 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...

33. 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...

34. The Women Who Dance in a Tempest

1978-10-07 · 45m

35. 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...

36. The Deceiving Mole Under a Woman's Eye

1978-10-21 · 45m

37. Feel Her Heart

1978-10-28 · 45m

38. The Woman Who Challenged Her Master

1978-11-04 · 45m

39. A Sweet Snare from RyuKyu

1978-11-11 · 45m

40. Go! The Prodogy of the Commoners

1978-11-18 · 45m

41. Hara-Kiri! The Drunkard Magistrate

1978-12-02 · 45m

42. A Hot Man and a Brazen Hussy

1978-12-09 · 45m

43. 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.

44. Fresh Blood on the Bestowed Sword

1978-12-23 · 45m

45. 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...

46. A Grand New Year's Gift

1979-01-06 · 45m

47. 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.

48. Hell in the Heavenly Bath

1979-01-20 · 45m

49. The Pen is Mightier Than The Sword

1979-01-27 · 45m

50. The Great Packed Lunch of a Woman

1979-02-03 · 45m

51. The Bride of the Fish Market

1979-02-10 · 45m

52. 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...

53. 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.

54. 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.

55. 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.

56. 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.

57. Eliminations of Black Sheep

1979-03-24 · 45m

58. The Best Cherry Blossom Dance in Edo

1979-03-31 · 45m

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

1979-04-07 · 45m

60. Only the Sun Knew

1979-04-14 · 45m

61. The Perished Love in a Spring Storm

1979-04-21 · 45m

62. A Single Flower in the Dark

1979-04-28 · 45m

63. The Fallen Flower in the Game of Chance

1979-05-05 · 45m

64. Holding a Fire Standard for a Spear

1979-05-12 · 45m

65. The Troublesome Tea Urn Trip

1979-05-19 · 45m

66. Daruma Smiled on Joshu Road

1979-05-26 · 45m

67. Commissioner Ooka Committs Hara-Kiri!

1979-06-02 · 45m

68. A Bogus Complaint

1979-06-09 · 45m

69. 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.

70. A Loach Pot Rather Than A Domain

1979-06-23 · 45m

71. The Best Godfather in Japan

1979-06-30 · 45m

72. 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.

73. 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.

74. 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).

75. 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.

76. 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.

77. 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.

78. 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.

79. 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.

80. 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.

81. Heroes in the Darkness

1979-09-29 · 45m

82. Angelic Neighborhood Bully

1979-10-13 · 45m

83. Thief Targeting the Nation

1979-10-20 · 45m

84. O-sai Flies!

1979-10-27 · 45m

85. Mount Fuji Saw The Wild Spear

1979-11-03 · 45m

86. The Shogun Permitted a Thief

1979-11-10 · 45m

87. Bullet Aiming At 8 Million Koku

1979-11-17 · 45m

88. Burn! Even If You Must Die

1979-11-24 · 45m

89. Embarrased To Recieve Flowers in Congratulation

1979-12-01 · 45m

90. Beast Battle! Master Tatsugoro

1979-12-08 · 45m

91. Duel! In the Stormy Castle

1979-12-15 · 45m

92. Cheers! Quack Doctor

1979-12-22 · 45m

93. The Will of the Raging Samurai

1979-12-29 · 45m

94. The Lanterns of Early Spring and Noon Emerge

1980-01-05 · 45m

95. I Saw a Rainbow in the Sea of Flames

1980-01-12 · 45m

96. Get the Vermin Out of the Castle!

1980-01-19 · 45m

97. I Don't Need a Mother!

1980-01-26 · 45m

98. The Girl From the Wolf Village

1980-02-02 · 45m

99. A Dohyori of Fire!

1980-02-09 · 45m

100. The Fake Shogun

1980-02-16 · 45m

101. The Eight Million Koku Porter

1980-02-23 · 45m

102. The Collector Who Collected the Villain's Head

1980-03-01 · 45m

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

1980-03-08 · 45m

104. Japan's Most Wanted Bride

1980-03-22 · 45m

105. Stop! Uncontrolled Official Carriage

1980-03-29 · 45m

106. What is a Shogun?

1980-04-05 · 45m

107. Watch Out! A Female Spy

1980-04-12 · 45m

108. The Man Who Gives Orders to the Shogun!

1980-04-19 · 45m

109. Snacks Delight on a Sunny Day

1980-04-26 · 45m

110. Youth of Edo, Stand Up!

1980-05-03 · 45m

111. Love Blossoms in Ubasuteyama!

1980-05-10 · 45m

112. The Proud and Naive Samurai

1980-05-17 · 45m

113. The Man Who Didn't Stop

1980-05-24 · 45m

114. I Saw the Real One! The Hayabusa Brat

1980-05-31 · 45m

115. Beware of the Quick Bucks

1980-06-07 · 45m

116. The Man Who Died and Flourished

1980-06-14 · 45m

117. Courage in the Face of Injustice

1980-06-21 · 45m

118. Thief Training

1980-06-28 · 45m

119. The Fox Woman Cries, the Banner of Empathy

1980-07-05 · 45m

120. The Princess Take - Tears from a Wedding Procession

1980-07-12 · 45m

121. The Flourishing of the Female Bushido

1980-07-19 · 45m

122. The Sad Song of the South

1980-07-26 · 45m

123. The New Boss! - Osai, of the Fire Extinguisher

1980-08-02 · 45m

124. The One Who Stood Out After Being at Risk of Drowning

1980-08-09 · 45m

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

1980-08-16 · 45m

126. Love Sold for 20,000 Ryu

1980-08-23 · 45m

127. The Trap in the Wolf Village

1980-08-30 · 45m

128. Melancholy Ninja Love

1980-09-06 · 45m

129. Dad, You Used to Be Someone

1980-09-13 · 45m

130. My Childhood Friend is an Oku Woman

1980-09-27 · 45m

131. There was a Bullet in the Clam Chowder!

1980-10-04 · 45m

132. Run! The Shogun's Horse!

1980-10-11 · 45m

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

1980-10-18 · 45m

134. A Silly Dance in an Oily Hell

1980-10-25 · 45m

135. Duel on the Steam of Hell

1980-11-01 · 45m

136. The Woman Who Bet on the Mountain of Fire

1980-11-08 · 45m

137. Edo's Female Chief

1980-11-15 · 45m

138. Hakone's Melancholic Drizzle

1980-11-22 · 45m

139. The One Who Flirted Was to Blame

1980-11-29 · 45m

140. The Wild Spear Everyone Fears

1980-12-06 · 45m

141. The Bandit Harusame's Mother

1980-12-20 · 45m

142. Munenryu Shintoism and Confucianism According to the Hayashi Clan

1980-12-27 · 45m

143. 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.

144. One Life For One Isshou of Shochu

1981-01-17 · 45m

145. The Silent Man's Divorce Letter

1981-01-24 · 45m

146. Ah! Justice Has Tears!

1981-01-31 · 45m

147. Megumi Clan's Love Bridge

1981-02-07 · 45m

148. Japan's Number One Little Thief

1981-02-14 · 45m

149. Tops Spinning Beneath a False Union

1981-02-21 · 45m

150. The White Waves That Shame the Flowers

1981-02-28 · 45m

151. Sado, the Shining Yellow

1981-03-07 · 45m

152. The Shogun, the Horse Thief, and the Brat

1981-03-14 · 45m

153. When a Man Sparks

1981-03-21 · 45m

154. The Love That Blooms Inside a Coffin

1981-03-28 · 45m

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

1981-04-11 · 45m

156. Jongara with a Munen-Ryu Kid

1981-04-18 · 45m

157. The Cursed Box of 1000 Ryos

1981-04-25 · 45m

158. Hell's Bells Ring at 6.00 p.m

1981-05-02 · 45m

159. Rest in Peace, Onaka - The Flowing Lanterns

1981-05-09 · 45m

160. The Flowers That Fall Without Waiting for Spring

1981-05-16 · 45m

161. The One Who Smiled in the End

1981-05-23 · 45m

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

1981-05-30 · 45m

163. The Cowardly Samurai Who Made a Demon Woman Cry

1981-06-06 · 45m

164. Break the Chains of the Heart With Human Kindness

1981-06-13 · 45m

165. Whose Ungrateful Son is it

1981-06-20 · 45m

166. Promise of the Bell the Girl With Bangs and a Sword

1981-06-27 · 45m

167. The Decisive Duel of the Lantern Samurai

1981-07-04 · 45m

168. Legitimate Marital Fight

1981-07-11 · 45m

169. Clear Sky - The Hungry Lancer

1981-07-18 · 45m

170. The Duel! Blood in the Fuefuki River of Koshu

1981-08-01 · 45m

171. Burning Tears of the Traitor

1981-08-08 · 45m

172. The Flower in the Shadow That Made a Man Bloom

1981-08-15 · 45m

173. Waves of the Seto Maiden

1981-08-22 · 45m

174. Onomichi - Sunset of Revenge

1981-08-29 · 45m

175. The Million Kokus Dependent

1981-09-05 · 45m

176. The Bond of Hatred Between Father and Daughter

1981-09-12 · 45m

177. The Morning When Demons Wept

1981-09-19 · 45m

178. The Bet For the Dance Fan in the Sumo Ring

1981-09-26 · 45m

179. The Samurai Tanuki Performs a Great Feat

1981-10-03 · 45m

180. The Man Who Steals While Preaching

1981-10-10 · 45m

181. Oath of Brothers

1981-10-17 · 45m

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

1981-10-24 · 45m

183. The Night Flower That Blooms Once

1981-10-31 · 45m

184. The Man Who Danced in the Shadows

1981-11-07 · 45m

185. The Man Who Danced in the Shadows

1981-11-14 · 45m

186. The Love Story of a Man and His Taiko Drum

1981-11-21 · 45m

187. Sorry, Shogun! The Change of a Monk

1981-11-28 · 45m

188. Call of the Storm! The Bride From Megumi

1981-12-05 · 45m

189. The Heart of a Mother That Made Demons Cry

1981-12-12 · 45m

190. The Number One Rain Man in Japan

1981-12-19 · 45m

191. Cold Wind of Yoshiwara, Tears of a Woman

1981-12-26 · 45m

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

1982-01-09 · 45m

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

1982-01-16 · 45m

194. The Poor and Nameless Grass

1982-01-23 · 45m

195. The Fragrance of the Sea, Tastes Like Mama

1982-01-30 · 45m

196. Why Sadness in Sharing an Umbrella?

1982-02-06 · 45m

197. A Remora That is More Frightening Than a Pufferfish

1982-02-13 · 45m

198. Sadness. Fallen Flowers of Those Who Stay

1982-02-20 · 45m

199. The Villain Who Laughed Last

1982-02-27 · 45m

200. Laughter and Tears, Three Girls From Edo

1982-03-06 · 45m

201. The Greatest Achievement of a Drunken Jitte

1982-03-13 · 45m

202. The Tale of the Fame of the Fool Kanpachi

1982-03-20 · 45m

203. The Flower That Disappeared in an Avalanche

1982-03-27 · 45m

204. Farewell Flower, Night Gust

1982-04-10 · 45m

205. Spring Has Come Again! Spouses' Kanzashi

1982-04-17 · 45m

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

1982-04-24 · 45m

207. The Farewell of the 808 Towns

1982-05-01 · 45m