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."
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.
The Remarkable CharlatanE2 · 45 min
Ogyu Shosen is called a quack doctor, but Yoshimune thinks he should be made surgeon-general.
The First Fireman BannerE3 · 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 PastE4 · 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 child's toy).
Spring in the O'okuE5 · 45 min
The Splendid Potato SamuraiE6 · 45 min
The Man of River StyxE7 · 45 min
The Befouled TruncheonE8 · 45 min
The Chivalrous ThiefE9 · 45 min
The Blossoming MeyasubakoE10 · 45 min
The Finest Kiyari SongE11 · 45 min
The Amazing Kishu WomanE12 · 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 GiftE13 · 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 bust and is mistaken for a drug dealer.
The Golden Crow CharmsE14 · 45 min
Fireman Genzo wins the lottery, but is then reported to the police for having a forged ticket.
The Quack Who Calls Forth SpringE15 · 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 within.
Showdown at Beautiful YoshiwaraE16 · 45 min
Love and the Guardian DeityE17 · 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 destruction!
The Beat of a Taiko Drum in EdoE18 · 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 seem likely, since Yoshimune gets involved in a big fistfight and village drama.
A Ballad of a FiremanE19 · 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 samurai do not like him.
Iris and SympathyE20 · 45 min
Fireman's Standard was WatchingE21 · 45 min
Friendships Support the WorldE22 · 45 min
Rage of the FishmongerE23 · 45 min
The Dreadful Shichi-ri MessengersE24 · 45 min
Heavens! Great Trouble in EdoE25 · 45 min
The Drunken Man Who was PromotedE26 · 45 min
The Woman Who Challenged the Yagyu FamilyE27 · 45 min
A Flower Blooms in the DarkE28 · 45 min
The Goofiest Pickpocket in EdoE29 · 45 min
The Misjudged BetrayerE30 · 45 min
The Woman Who Disappeared from the Hunting GroundE31 · 45 min
The Best Announcement of the Winner in JapanE32 · 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, really wants to wrestle him. Eventually Shin-san learns of the wrestling drama that is unfolding...
A Daimyo's Famed Shiruko RestaurantE33 · 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 getting customers...
The Women Who Dance in a TempestE34 · 45 min
The Bride with an ExplosiveE35 · 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 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...
The Deceiving Mole Under a Woman's EyeE36 · 45 min
Feel Her HeartE37 · 45 min
The Woman Who Challenged Her MasterE38 · 45 min
A Sweet Snare from RyuKyuE39 · 45 min
Go! The Prodogy of the CommonersE40 · 45 min
Hara-Kiri! The Drunkard MagistrateE41 · 45 min
A Hot Man and a Brazen HussyE42 · 45 min
The Shogun's Secret NinjaE43 · 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 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.
Fresh Blood on the Bestowed SwordE44 · 45 min
The Counterfeit Coins and the Candy ManE45 · 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. Shin-san becomes interested in candy just when the guy's old friends force him to counterfeit again...
A Grand New Year's GiftE46 · 45 min
The Female Doctor with a FistE47 · 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.
Hell in the Heavenly BathE48 · 45 min
The Pen is Mightier Than The SwordE49 · 45 min
The Great Packed Lunch of a WomanE50 · 45 min
The Bride of the Fish MarketE51 · 45 min
The Downfall of Ooka Echizen No KamiE52 · 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 prepares to prosecute the gang leader anyway, so Shin-san lets the prisoner go secretly to try and follow him to Tadasuke's bride...
The Best Dry Sake for Mother and SonE53 · 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 MoneyE54 · 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 AgoE55 · 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 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.
The Man Who Died in the Light Snowfalls in SpringE56 · 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.
Eliminations of Black SheepE57 · 45 min
The Best Cherry Blossom Dance in EdoE58 · 45 min
The Firemen's Standard is the Firemen's Heart and SoulE59 · 45 min
Only the Sun KnewE60 · 45 min
The Perished Love in a Spring StormE61 · 45 min
A Single Flower in the DarkE62 · 45 min
The Fallen Flower in the Game of ChanceE63 · 45 min
Holding a Fire Standard for a SpearE64 · 45 min
The Troublesome Tea Urn TripE65 · 45 min
Daruma Smiled on Joshu RoadE66 · 45 min
Commissioner Ooka Committs Hara-Kiri!E67 · 45 min
A Bogus ComplaintE68 · 45 min
Very Proud of the Celebrated SwordE69 · 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 him, crippling the ronin's hand. Shin-san is really mad about this, even though the ronin attacked him earlier.
A Loach Pot Rather Than A DomainE70 · 45 min
The Best Godfather in JapanE71 · 45 min
Revenge Colored with SafflowersE72 · 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 instead. She schemes to have herself murdered so Ooka Echizen will enter the manor and discover these great crimes.
A Man Passionate About the Snow on Mount FujiE73 · 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 discovers this delivery and starts accompanying it too, and discovers a rival domain is trying to kill the ice to humiliate the first domain.
Kick the Edo Illness Out!E74 · 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) can cure it. Oshino, the female doctor with a fist, however, believes the solution is more simple (and involves punching people).
Gorozaemon Kano's DisappearanceE75 · 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 murder to steal his job.
Suspicion Begets Idle FearsE76 · 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 KishuE77 · 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 was eight (??!) but Kano backed out.
A Man Hunting the Whole CountryE78 · 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 MommaE79 · 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 unfortunately took the debt from his main sake supplier, so now she needs to get money to save both their skins.
The Direct Retainers of the Shogun Run WildE80 · 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.
Heroes in the DarknessE81 · 45 min
Angelic Neighborhood BullyE82 · 45 min
Thief Targeting the NationE83 · 45 min
O-sai Flies!E84 · 45 min
Mount Fuji Saw The Wild SpearE85 · 45 min
The Shogun Permitted a ThiefE86 · 45 min
Bullet Aiming At 8 Million KokuE87 · 45 min
Burn! Even If You Must DieE88 · 45 min
Embarrased To Recieve Flowers in CongratulationE89 · 45 min
Beast Battle! Master TatsugoroE90 · 45 min
Duel! In the Stormy CastleE91 · 45 min
Cheers! Quack DoctorE92 · 45 min
The Will of the Raging SamuraiE93 · 45 min
The Lanterns of Early Spring and Noon EmergeE94 · 45 min
I Saw a Rainbow in the Sea of FlamesE95 · 45 min
Get the Vermin Out of the Castle!E96 · 45 min
I Don't Need a Mother!E97 · 45 min
The Girl From the Wolf VillageE98 · 45 min
A Dohyori of Fire!E99 · 45 min
The Fake ShogunE100 · 45 min
The Eight Million Koku PorterE101 · 45 min
The Collector Who Collected the Villain's HeadE102 · 45 min
Catastrophe! We Shouldn't Have Gotten Out of the Way!E103 · 45 min
Japan's Most Wanted BrideE104 · 45 min
Stop! Uncontrolled Official CarriageE105 · 45 min
What is a Shogun?E106 · 45 min
Watch Out! A Female SpyE107 · 45 min
The Man Who Gives Orders to the Shogun!E108 · 45 min
Snacks Delight on a Sunny DayE109 · 45 min
Youth of Edo, Stand Up!E110 · 45 min
Love Blossoms in Ubasuteyama!E111 · 45 min
The Proud and Naive SamuraiE112 · 45 min
The Man Who Didn't StopE113 · 45 min
I Saw the Real One! The Hayabusa BratE114 · 45 min
Beware of the Quick BucksE115 · 45 min
The Man Who Died and FlourishedE116 · 45 min
Courage in the Face of InjusticeE117 · 45 min
Thief TrainingE118 · 45 min
The Fox Woman Cries, the Banner of EmpathyE119 · 45 min
The Princess Take - Tears from a Wedding ProcessionE120 · 45 min
The Flourishing of the Female BushidoE121 · 45 min
The Sad Song of the SouthE122 · 45 min
The New Boss! - Osai, of the Fire ExtinguisherE123 · 45 min
The One Who Stood Out After Being at Risk of DrowningE124 · 45 min
Floating Lanterns That Mark a New Beginning in a Man's LifeE125 · 45 min
Love Sold for 20,000 RyuE126 · 45 min
The Trap in the Wolf VillageE127 · 45 min
Melancholy Ninja LoveE128 · 45 min
Dad, You Used to Be SomeoneE129 · 45 min
My Childhood Friend is an Oku WomanE130 · 45 min
There was a Bullet in the Clam Chowder!E131 · 45 min
Run! The Shogun's Horse!E132 · 45 min
Listen! The Chronicles of the Old Man and the Young MasterE133 · 45 min
A Silly Dance in an Oily HellE134 · 45 min
Duel on the Steam of HellE135 · 45 min
The Woman Who Bet on the Mountain of FireE136 · 45 min
Edo's Female ChiefE137 · 45 min
Hakone's Melancholic DrizzleE138 · 45 min
The One Who Flirted Was to BlameE139 · 45 min
The Wild Spear Everyone FearsE140 · 45 min
The Bandit Harusame's MotherE141 · 45 min
Munenryu Shintoism and Confucianism According to the Hayashi ClanE142 · 45 min
I Am the Most Unpleasant Person in the WorldE143 · 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 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.
One Life For One Isshou of ShochuE144 · 45 min
The Silent Man's Divorce LetterE145 · 45 min
Ah! Justice Has Tears!E146 · 45 min
Megumi Clan's Love BridgeE147 · 45 min
Japan's Number One Little ThiefE148 · 45 min
Tops Spinning Beneath a False UnionE149 · 45 min
The White Waves That Shame the FlowersE150 · 45 min
Sado, the Shining YellowE151 · 45 min
The Shogun, the Horse Thief, and the BratE152 · 45 min
When a Man SparksE153 · 45 min
The Love That Blooms Inside a CoffinE154 · 45 min
I Don't Want to Be the Shogun's BrideE155 · 45 min
Jongara with a Munen-Ryu KidE156 · 45 min
The Cursed Box of 1000 RyosE157 · 45 min
Hell's Bells Ring at 6.00 p.mE158 · 45 min
Rest in Peace, Onaka - The Flowing LanternsE159 · 45 min
The Flowers That Fall Without Waiting for SpringE160 · 45 min
The One Who Smiled in the EndE161 · 45 min
The Blooming Ginseng Flower That the Firefighter's Matoi Made FlourishE162 · 45 min
The Cowardly Samurai Who Made a Demon Woman CryE163 · 45 min
Break the Chains of the Heart With Human KindnessE164 · 45 min
Whose Ungrateful Son is itE165 · 45 min
Promise of the Bell the Girl With Bangs and a SwordE166 · 45 min
The Decisive Duel of the Lantern SamuraiE167 · 45 min
Legitimate Marital FightE168 · 45 min
Clear Sky - The Hungry LancerE169 · 45 min
The Duel! Blood in the Fuefuki River of KoshuE170 · 45 min
Burning Tears of the TraitorE171 · 45 min
The Flower in the Shadow That Made a Man BloomE172 · 45 min
Waves of the Seto MaidenE173 · 45 min
Onomichi - Sunset of RevengeE174 · 45 min
The Million Kokus DependentE175 · 45 min
The Bond of Hatred Between Father and DaughterE176 · 45 min
The Morning When Demons WeptE177 · 45 min
The Bet For the Dance Fan in the Sumo RingE178 · 45 min
The Samurai Tanuki Performs a Great FeatE179 · 45 min
The Man Who Steals While PreachingE180 · 45 min
Oath of BrothersE181 · 45 min
The One Who Eats From the Table and the One Who Doesn'tE182 · 45 min
The Night Flower That Blooms OnceE183 · 45 min
The Man Who Danced in the ShadowsE184 · 45 min
The Man Who Danced in the ShadowsE185 · 45 min
The Love Story of a Man and His Taiko DrumE186 · 45 min
Sorry, Shogun! The Change of a MonkE187 · 45 min
Call of the Storm! The Bride From MegumiE188 · 45 min
The Heart of a Mother That Made Demons CryE189 · 45 min
The Number One Rain Man in JapanE190 · 45 min
Cold Wind of Yoshiwara, Tears of a WomanE191 · 45 min
Laughter and Tears, The Dramatic Life of the People of KawachiE192 · 45 min
The First Snow is the Make-Up of the Dead of a Sad WomanE193 · 45 min
The Poor and Nameless GrassE194 · 45 min
The Fragrance of the Sea, Tastes Like MamaE195 · 45 min
Why Sadness in Sharing an Umbrella?E196 · 45 min
A Remora That is More Frightening Than a PufferfishE197 · 45 min
Sadness. Fallen Flowers of Those Who StayE198 · 45 min
The Villain Who Laughed LastE199 · 45 min
Laughter and Tears, Three Girls From EdoE200 · 45 min
The Greatest Achievement of a Drunken JitteE201 · 45 min
The Tale of the Fame of the Fool KanpachiE202 · 45 min
The Flower That Disappeared in an AvalancheE203 · 45 min
Farewell Flower, Night GustE204 · 45 min
Spring Has Come Again! Spouses' KanzashiE205 · 45 min
You're a Child. Don't Cry, Torokichi!E206 · 45 min
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