Seasons & episodes
S1 · E1The Star of Edo 1978-01-07 · 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 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.
S1 · E2The Remarkable Charlatan 1978-01-14 · 45 min
Ogyu Shosen is called a quack doctor, but Yoshimune thinks he should be made surgeon-general.
S1 · E3The First Fireman Banner 1978-01-21 · 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.
S1 · E4Mother From Long Past 1978-01-28 · 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).
S1 · E5Spring in the O'oku 1978-02-04 · 45 min
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S1 · E6The Splendid Potato Samurai 1978-02-11 · 45 min
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S1 · E7The Man of River Styx 1978-02-25 · 45 min
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S1 · E8The Befouled Truncheon 1978-03-04 · 45 min
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S1 · E9The Chivalrous Thief 1978-03-11 · 45 min
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S1 · E10The Blossoming Meyasubako 1978-03-18 · 45 min
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S1 · E11The Finest Kiyari Song 1978-03-25 · 45 min
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S1 · E12The Amazing Kishu Woman 1978-04-01 · 45 min
Yoshimune's old friend from Kishu, a female lumberjack, comes to Edo to engage in lumber trade, but gets in trouble.
S1 · E13The Perilous Souvenir Gift 1978-04-08 · 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.
S1 · E14The Golden Crow Charms 1978-04-15 · 45 min
Fireman Genzo wins the lottery, but is then reported to the police for having a forged ticket.
S1 · E15The Quack Who Calls Forth Spring 1978-04-22 · 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.
S1 · E16Showdown at Beautiful Yoshiwara 1978-04-29 · 45 min
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S1 · E17Love and the Guardian Deity 1978-05-06 · 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!
S1 · E18The Beat of a Taiko Drum in Edo 1978-05-13 · 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.
S1 · E19A Ballad of a Fireman 1978-05-20 · 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.
S1 · E20Iris and Sympathy 1978-05-27 · 45 min
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S1 · E21Fireman's Standard was Watching 1978-06-03 · 45 min
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S1 · E22Friendships Support the World 1978-06-17 · 45 min
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S1 · E23Rage of the Fishmonger 1978-06-24 · 45 min
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S1 · E24The Dreadful Shichi-ri Messengers 1978-07-01 · 45 min
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