The Unfettered Shogun
series not in production
Ended
Family
Drama
Action & Adventure
Seasons | 12
Episodes | 834
avg.Runtime | 45 min
First EP | 1978-01-07
Last EP | 2015-11-29
Overview
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Set in the 18th century, the show follows the Shogun Yoshimune, who likes to disguise himself as a low-ranking samurai and go into his capital of Edo to see the life of the common man, as well as to seek out and punish evildoers who would hurt his citizens. He is aided by Magistrate Oo'oka and a vivacious fireman, Tatsugoro, as well as a rotating cast of other recurring characters. Along with Zenigata Heiji and Mito Kōmon, it ranks among the longest-running series in the jidaigeki genre. Like so many other jidaigeki, it falls in the category of kanzen-chōaku, loosely, "rewarding good and punishing evil."
Created by
Produced by
TV Asahi
Toei Company
Season List
season 1 || Season 1
Relesed on | 1978-01-07
1
The Star of Edo
1978-01-07
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
Ogyu Shosen is called a quack doctor, but Yoshimune thinks he should be made surgeon-general.
3
The First Fireman Banner
1978-01-21
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
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
6
The Splendid Potato Samurai
1978-02-11
7
The Man of River Styx
1978-02-25
8
The Befouled Truncheon
1978-03-04
9
The Chivalrous Thief
1978-03-11
10
The Blossoming Meyasubako
1978-03-18
11
The Finest Kiyari Song
1978-03-25
12
The Amazing Kishu Woman
1978-04-01
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
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
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
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
17
Love and the Guardian Deity
1978-05-06
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
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
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
21
Fireman's Standard was Watching
1978-06-03
22
Friendships Support the World
1978-06-17
23
Rage of the Fishmonger
1978-06-24
24
The Dreadful Shichi-ri Messengers
1978-07-01
25
Heavens! Great Trouble in Edo
1978-07-08
26
The Drunken Man Who was Promoted
1978-07-15
27
The Woman Who Challenged the Yagyu Family
1978-07-22
28
A Flower Blooms in the Dark
1978-07-29
29
The Goofiest Pickpocket in Edo
1978-08-19
30
The Misjudged Betrayer
1978-09-09
31
The Woman Who Disappeared from the Hunting Ground
1978-09-16
32
The Best Announcement of the Winner in Japan
1978-09-23
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
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
35
The Bride with an Explosive
1978-10-14
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
37
Feel Her Heart
1978-10-28
38
The Woman Who Challenged Her Master
1978-11-04
39
A Sweet Snare from RyuKyu
1978-11-11
40
Go! The Prodogy of the Commoners
1978-11-18
41
Hara-Kiri! The Drunkard Magistrate
1978-12-02
42
A Hot Man and a Brazen Hussy
1978-12-09
43
The Shogun's Secret Ninja
1978-12-16
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
45
The Counterfeit Coins and the Candy Man
1978-12-30
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
47
The Female Doctor with a Fist
1979-01-13
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
49
The Pen is Mightier Than The Sword
1979-01-27
50
The Great Packed Lunch of a Woman
1979-02-03
51
The Bride of the Fish Market
1979-02-10
52
The Downfall of Ooka Echizen No Kami
1979-02-17
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
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
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
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
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
58
The Best Cherry Blossom Dance in Edo
1979-03-31
59
The Firemen's Standard is the Firemen's Heart and Soul
1979-04-07
60
Only the Sun Knew
1979-04-14
61
The Perished Love in a Spring Storm
1979-04-21
62
A Single Flower in the Dark
1979-04-28
63
The Fallen Flower in the Game of Chance
1979-05-05
64
Holding a Fire Standard for a Spear
1979-05-12
65
The Troublesome Tea Urn Trip
1979-05-19
66
Daruma Smiled on Joshu Road
1979-05-26
67
Commissioner Ooka Committs Hara-Kiri!
1979-06-02
68
A Bogus Complaint
1979-06-09
69
Very Proud of the Celebrated Sword
1979-06-16
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
71
The Best Godfather in Japan
1979-06-30
72
Revenge Colored with Safflowers
1979-07-07
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
82
Angelic Neighborhood Bully
1979-10-13
83
Thief Targeting the Nation
1979-10-20
84
O-sai Flies!
1979-10-27
85
Mount Fuji Saw The Wild Spear
1979-11-03
86
The Shogun Permitted a Thief
1979-11-10
87
Bullet Aiming At 8 Million Koku
1979-11-17
88
Burn! Even If You Must Die
1979-11-24
89
Embarrased To Recieve Flowers in Congratulation
1979-12-01
90
Beast Battle! Master Tatsugoro
1979-12-08
91
Duel! In the Stormy Castle
1979-12-15
92
Cheers! Quack Doctor
1979-12-22
93
The Will of the Raging Samurai
1979-12-29
94
The Lanterns of Early Spring and Noon Emerge
1980-01-05
95
I Saw a Rainbow in the Sea of Flames
1980-01-12
96
Get the Vermin Out of the Castle!
1980-01-19
97
I Don't Need a Mother!
1980-01-26
98
The Girl From the Wolf Village
1980-02-02
99
A Dohyori of Fire!
1980-02-09
100
The Fake Shogun
1980-02-16
101
The Eight Million Koku Porter
1980-02-23
102
The Collector Who Collected the Villain's Head
1980-03-01
103
Catastrophe! We Shouldn't Have Gotten Out of the Way!
1980-03-08
104
Japan's Most Wanted Bride
1980-03-22
105
Stop! Uncontrolled Official Carriage
1980-03-29
106
What is a Shogun?
1980-04-05
107
Watch Out! A Female Spy
1980-04-12
108
The Man Who Gives Orders to the Shogun!
1980-04-19
109
Snacks Delight on a Sunny Day
1980-04-26
110
Youth of Edo, Stand Up!
1980-05-03
111
Love Blossoms in Ubasuteyama!
1980-05-10
112
The Proud and Naive Samurai
1980-05-17
113
The Man Who Didn't Stop
1980-05-24
114
I Saw the Real One! The Hayabusa Brat
1980-05-31
115
Beware of the Quick Bucks
1980-06-07
116
The Man Who Died and Flourished
1980-06-14
117
Courage in the Face of Injustice
1980-06-21
118
Thief Training
1980-06-28
119
The Fox Woman Cries, the Banner of Empathy
1980-07-05
120
The Princess Take - Tears from a Wedding Procession
1980-07-12
121
The Flourishing of the Female Bushido
1980-07-19
122
The Sad Song of the South
1980-07-26
123
The New Boss! - Osai, of the Fire Extinguisher
1980-08-02
124
The One Who Stood Out After Being at Risk of Drowning
1980-08-09
125
Floating Lanterns That Mark a New Beginning in a Man's Life
1980-08-16
126
Love Sold for 20,000 Ryu
1980-08-23
127
The Trap in the Wolf Village
1980-08-30
128
Melancholy Ninja Love
1980-09-06
129
Dad, You Used to Be Someone
1980-09-13
130
My Childhood Friend is an Oku Woman
1980-09-27
131
There was a Bullet in the Clam Chowder!
1980-10-04
132
Run! The Shogun's Horse!
1980-10-11
133
Listen! The Chronicles of the Old Man and the Young Master
1980-10-18
134
A Silly Dance in an Oily Hell
1980-10-25
135
Duel on the Steam of Hell
1980-11-01
136
The Woman Who Bet on the Mountain of Fire
1980-11-08
137
Edo's Female Chief
1980-11-15
138
Hakone's Melancholic Drizzle
1980-11-22
139
The One Who Flirted Was to Blame
1980-11-29
140
The Wild Spear Everyone Fears
1980-12-06
141
The Bandit Harusame's Mother
1980-12-20
142
Munenryu Shintoism and Confucianism According to the Hayashi Clan
1980-12-27
143
I Am the Most Unpleasant Person in the World
1981-01-10
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
145
The Silent Man's Divorce Letter
1981-01-24
146
Ah! Justice Has Tears!
1981-01-31
147
Megumi Clan's Love Bridge
1981-02-07
148
Japan's Number One Little Thief
1981-02-14
149
Tops Spinning Beneath a False Union
1981-02-21
150
The White Waves That Shame the Flowers
1981-02-28
151
Sado, the Shining Yellow
1981-03-07
152
The Shogun, the Horse Thief, and the Brat
1981-03-14
153
When a Man Sparks
1981-03-21
154
The Love That Blooms Inside a Coffin
1981-03-28
155
I Don't Want to Be the Shogun's Bride
1981-04-11
156
Jongara with a Munen-Ryu Kid
1981-04-18
157
The Cursed Box of 1000 Ryos
1981-04-25
158
Hell's Bells Ring at 6.00 p.m
1981-05-02
159
Rest in Peace, Onaka - The Flowing Lanterns
1981-05-09
160
The Flowers That Fall Without Waiting for Spring
1981-05-16
161
The One Who Smiled in the End
1981-05-23
162
The Blooming Ginseng Flower That the Firefighter's Matoi Made Flourish
1981-05-30
163
The Cowardly Samurai Who Made a Demon Woman Cry
1981-06-06
164
Break the Chains of the Heart With Human Kindness
1981-06-13
165
Whose Ungrateful Son is it
1981-06-20
166
Promise of the Bell the Girl With Bangs and a Sword
1981-06-27
167
The Decisive Duel of the Lantern Samurai
1981-07-04
168
Legitimate Marital Fight
1981-07-11
169
Clear Sky - The Hungry Lancer
1981-07-18
170
The Duel! Blood in the Fuefuki River of Koshu
1981-08-01
171
Burning Tears of the Traitor
1981-08-08
172
The Flower in the Shadow That Made a Man Bloom
1981-08-15
173
Waves of the Seto Maiden
1981-08-22
174
Onomichi - Sunset of Revenge
1981-08-29
175
The Million Kokus Dependent
1981-09-05
176
The Bond of Hatred Between Father and Daughter
1981-09-12
177
The Morning When Demons Wept
1981-09-19
178
The Bet For the Dance Fan in the Sumo Ring
1981-09-26
179
The Samurai Tanuki Performs a Great Feat
1981-10-03
180
The Man Who Steals While Preaching
1981-10-10
181
Oath of Brothers
1981-10-17
182
The One Who Eats From the Table and the One Who Doesn't
1981-10-24
183
The Night Flower That Blooms Once
1981-10-31
184
The Man Who Danced in the Shadows
1981-11-07
185
The Man Who Danced in the Shadows
1981-11-14
186
The Love Story of a Man and His Taiko Drum
1981-11-21
187
Sorry, Shogun! The Change of a Monk
1981-11-28
188
Call of the Storm! The Bride From Megumi
1981-12-05
189
The Heart of a Mother That Made Demons Cry
1981-12-12
190
The Number One Rain Man in Japan
1981-12-19
191
Cold Wind of Yoshiwara, Tears of a Woman
1981-12-26
192
Laughter and Tears, The Dramatic Life of the People of Kawachi
1982-01-09
193
The First Snow is the Make-Up of the Dead of a Sad Woman
1982-01-16
194
The Poor and Nameless Grass
1982-01-23
195
The Fragrance of the Sea, Tastes Like Mama
1982-01-30
196
Why Sadness in Sharing an Umbrella?
1982-02-06
197
A Remora That is More Frightening Than a Pufferfish
1982-02-13
198
Sadness. Fallen Flowers of Those Who Stay
1982-02-20
199
The Villain Who Laughed Last
1982-02-27
200
Laughter and Tears, Three Girls From Edo
1982-03-06
201
The Greatest Achievement of a Drunken Jitte
1982-03-13
202
The Tale of the Fame of the Fool Kanpachi
1982-03-20
203
The Flower That Disappeared in an Avalanche
1982-03-27
204
Farewell Flower, Night Gust
1982-04-10
205
Spring Has Come Again! Spouses' Kanzashi
1982-04-17
206
You're a Child. Don't Cry, Torokichi!
1982-04-24
207
The Farewell of the 808 Towns
1982-05-01
CAST
charactor: Tokugawa Yoshimune
Original: Ken Matsudaira
Total EP: 834
charactor: Tatsugoro
Original: Saburo Kitajima
Total EP: 738
charactor: Oo'oka Echizen-no-Kami Tadasuke
Original: Tadashi Yokouchi
Total EP: 738
charactor: Kozue
Original: Reiko Takashima
Total EP: 207
charactor: Ryuko
Original: Ryuko
Total EP: 207
charactor: Yamada Asaemon
Original: Asahi Kurizuka
Total EP: 207
charactor: Toshimatsu
Original: Hidetoshi Ueno
Total EP: 13
charactor: Senta
Original: Akihiko Osada
Total EP: 13
charactor: Momo
Original: Misaki Uchibori
Total EP: 13
charactor: Sekimae Asanosuke
Original: Kyosnosuke Masago
Total EP: 13
charactor: Mineji
Original: Hideo Nakano
Total EP: 13
charactor: Okyo
Original: Yoko Ishino
Total EP: 13
charactor: O'oka Tadasuke
Original: Ryo Tamura
Total EP: 13
CREW
Shoko Yoshizawa
Art Direction
Art
Kenji Yamashita
Art Direction
Art
Isamu Iguchi
Director of Photography
Camera
Muneyuki Tsuda
Director of Photography
Camera
Yusuke Mizumaki
Director of Photography
Camera
Yuji Tanaka
Director of Photography
Camera
Ichiro Ishikawa
Director
Directing
Haruo Ichikura
Director
Directing
Shôji Nagaoka
Assistant Director
Directing
Satoshi Shimoto
Assistant Director
Directing
Hiroshi Morimoto
Director
Directing
Yoshihiro Tomabechi
Assistant Director
Directing
Hiroshi Miyake
Editor
Editing
Takashi Sugimoto
Lighting Technician
Lighting
Kiyoto Ando
Lighting Technician
Lighting
Shunsuke Kikuchi
Original Music Composer
Sound
Akira Shibauji
Sound Recordist
Sound
Mineo Tanaka
Sound Recordist
Sound
Maiku Samata
Sound Recordist
Sound
Hiroyuki Shikata
Sound Recordist
Sound
Yoshinori Watanabe
Writer
Writing
Kimihiko Ikawa
Writer
Writing
Masayuki Ikeda
Writer
Writing
Chigusa Shioda
Writer
Writing
Nobuo Ogizawa
Writer
Writing
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