Season 1 (E:8)
1995
0
Gokenin Zankuro
Number of Season: 5 | Number of Episodes: 50
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.
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Seasons:
Season 2 (E:11)
1997
0
Season 3 (E:11)
1997
0
Season 4 (E:10)
1999
0
Season 5 (E:10)
2001
0
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