Series
Gokenin Zankuro
1995 · 5 seasons · Drama
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Overview
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.
Media
Details
- First aired
- January 9, 1995
- Last aired
- February 25, 2002
- Status
- Ended
- Original language
- Japanese
- Episodes
- 50
- Genres
- Drama
Seasons
- Season 18 episodes · 1995
- Season 211 episodes · 1997
- Season 311 episodes · 1997
- Season 410 episodes · 1999
- Season 510 episodes · 2001
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