Gokenin Zankuro

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.

Drama

Seasons

1. Side Job

Air Date: 1995-01-09

2. The Two Bodyguards

Air Date: 1995-01-16

3. Sister Comes Home

Air Date: 1995-01-23

4. The Mystery of the Blue Skin

Air Date: 1995-01-30

5. Voluntary Imprisonment

Air Date: 1995-02-06

6. I am the Shogun

Air Date: 1995-02-13

7. The Master of Waste

Air Date: 1995-02-20

8. A Mysterious Killer

Air Date: 1995-02-27

1. Spring and Fire Prevention

Air Date: 1997-01-01

2. Staying to Work

Air Date: 1997-01-08

3. A Mother's Revenge

Air Date: 1997-01-15

4. The Visitor from the North

Air Date: 1997-01-22

5. Kumogakure

Air Date: 1997-01-29

6. The Officer's Trap

Air Date: 1997-02-05

7. Kichiji, the White Fish

Air Date: 1997-02-12

8. Reward Under the Cherry Trees

Air Date: 1997-02-19

9. The Refugee

Air Date: 1997-02-26

10. The Flower of Nardus

Air Date: 1997-03-05

11. Umbrella

Air Date: 1997-03-12

1. Two Men

Air Date: 1997-11-05

2. Tiger Hunter

Air Date: 1997-11-12

3. Sister

Air Date: 1997-11-19

4. 36 Bodies

Air Date: 1997-11-26

5. Horse Legs

Air Date: 1997-12-03

6. The Red Gold

Air Date: 1997-12-10

7. If Dogs Could Walk

Air Date: 1997-12-17

8. Voluntary Seppuku

Air Date: 1997-12-24

9. A Lovely Witness

Air Date: 1997-12-31

10. The Woman Who Waits in Vain

Air Date: 1998-01-07

11. Bushi Fukagawa

Air Date: 1998-01-14

1. Mother

Air Date: 1999-03-17

2. The Man Who Went Away

Air Date: 1999-03-24

3. The Otone Moon

Air Date: 1999-03-31

4. Love Letter

Air Date: 1999-04-07

5. Trap Within a Trap

Air Date: 1999-04-14

6. Prison Break

Air Date: 1999-04-21

7. Samurai Training

Air Date: 1999-04-28

8. Woman in Sight

Air Date: 1999-05-05

9. Persecuted Outcast

Air Date: 1999-05-12

10. Being a Man

Air Date: 1999-05-19

1. Annoying loyalist

Air Date: 2001-12-24

2. Demon of Hakone

Air Date: 2001-12-31

3. The last ninja

Air Date: 2002-01-07

4. Bandit apprentice

Air Date: 2002-01-14

5. Haunted house

Air Date: 2002-01-21

6. Sacrificial price Goryo

Air Date: 2002-01-28

7. Mother's dream

Air Date: 2002-02-04

8. Rancho Masajyo

Air Date: 2002-02-11

9. Woman of Fuyukicho

Air Date: 2002-02-18

10. The last deadly battle

Air Date: 2002-02-25

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Rating

8.0/10

Release Date

1995-01-09

Episodes

50 (5 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Production Companies

Fuji Television Network

Kyodo Eiga Company Ltd.