Abarenbo Shogun: Season 1
Episodes
The Star of Edo
Jan 7, 1978 · 45 min
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
The Remarkable Charlatan
Jan 14, 1978 · 45 min
Ogyu Shosen is called a quack doctor, but Yoshimune thinks he should be made surgeon-general.
The First Fireman Banner
Jan 21, 1978 · 45 min
Hatamoto firemen are causing a nuisance and thieving in town, so fiery Tatsugoro and his gang of construction workers aim to take them down.
Mother From Long Past
Jan 28, 1978 · 45 min
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 ch
The Amazing Kishu Woman
Apr 1, 1978 · 45 min
Yoshimune's old friend from Kishu, a female lumberjack, comes to Edo to engage in lumber trade, but gets in trouble.
The Perilous Souvenir Gift
Apr 8, 1978 · 45 min
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 bu
The Golden Crow Charms
Apr 15, 1978 · 45 min
Fireman Genzo wins the lottery, but is then reported to the police for having a forged ticket.
The Quack Who Calls Forth Spring
Apr 22, 1978 · 45 min
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 wit
Love and the Guardian Deity
May 6, 1978 · 45 min
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 destru
The Beat of a Taiko Drum in Edo
May 13, 1978 · 45 min
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 see
A Ballad of a Fireman
May 20, 1978 · 45 min
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 sam
The Best Announcement of the Winner in Japan
Sep 23, 1978 · 45 min
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, rea
A Daimyo's Famed Shiruko Restaurant
Sep 30, 1978 · 45 min
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 ge
The Bride with an Explosive
Oct 14, 1978 · 45 min
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 Shogun's Secret Ninja
Dec 16, 1978 · 45 min
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 fisherme
The Counterfeit Coins and the Candy Man
Dec 30, 1978 · 45 min
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. Sh
The Female Doctor with a Fist
Jan 13, 1979 · 45 min
Edo is invigorated by an unusually aggressive and outspoken female doctor, Oshino, who physically beats her patients if they do not obey her.
The Downfall of Ooka Echizen No Kami
Feb 17, 1979 · 45 min
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
The Best Dry Sake for Mother and Son
Feb 24, 1979 · 45 min
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.
The Female Doctor Who Loves Money
Mar 3, 1979 · 45 min
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.
This Small Incident Occured Ten Years Ago
Mar 10, 1979 · 45 min
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 co
The Man Who Died in the Light Snowfalls in Spring
Mar 17, 1979 · 45 min
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.
Very Proud of the Celebrated Sword
Jun 16, 1979 · 45 min
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 hi
Revenge Colored with Safflowers
Jul 7, 1979 · 45 min
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
A Man Passionate About the Snow on Mount Fuji
Jul 14, 1979 · 45 min
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 disco
Kick the Edo Illness Out!
Jul 21, 1979 · 45 min
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)
Gorozaemon Kano's Disappearance
Aug 11, 1979 · 45 min
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
Suspicion Begets Idle Fears
Aug 18, 1979 · 45 min
A lord lets 3 master ghost actresses into his house as maids, somehow doesn't connect this with supernatural happenings in his house.
The Bride That Came From Kishu
Aug 25, 1979 · 45 min
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 w
A Man Hunting the Whole Country
Sep 8, 1979 · 45 min
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.
Peerless! The Taste of Momma
Sep 15, 1979 · 45 min
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 unf
The Direct Retainers of the Shogun Run Wild
Sep 22, 1979 · 45 min
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.
I Am the Most Unpleasant Person in the World
Jan 10, 1981 · 45 min
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 e
The Blooming Ginseng Flower That the Firefighter's Matoi Made Flourish
May 30, 1981 · 45 min