Seasons & episodes
S1 · E49The Pen is Mightier Than The Sword 1979-01-27 · 45 min
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S1 · E50The Great Packed Lunch of a Woman 1979-02-03 · 45 min
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S1 · E51The Bride of the Fish Market 1979-02-10 · 45 min
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S1 · E52The Downfall of Ooka Echizen No Kami 1979-02-17 · 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...
S1 · E53The Best Dry Sake for Mother and Son 1979-02-24 · 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.
S1 · E54The Female Doctor Who Loves Money 1979-03-03 · 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.
S1 · E55This Small Incident Occured Ten Years Ago 1979-03-10 · 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.
S1 · E56The Man Who Died in the Light Snowfalls in Spring 1979-03-17 · 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.
S1 · E57Eliminations of Black Sheep 1979-03-24 · 45 min
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S1 · E58The Best Cherry Blossom Dance in Edo 1979-03-31 · 45 min
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S1 · E59The Firemen's Standard is the Firemen's Heart and Soul 1979-04-07 · 45 min
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S1 · E60Only the Sun Knew 1979-04-14 · 45 min
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S1 · E61The Perished Love in a Spring Storm 1979-04-21 · 45 min
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S1 · E62A Single Flower in the Dark 1979-04-28 · 45 min
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S1 · E63The Fallen Flower in the Game of Chance 1979-05-05 · 45 min
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S1 · E64Holding a Fire Standard for a Spear 1979-05-12 · 45 min
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S1 · E65The Troublesome Tea Urn Trip 1979-05-19 · 45 min
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S1 · E66Daruma Smiled on Joshu Road 1979-05-26 · 45 min
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S1 · E67Commissioner Ooka Committs Hara-Kiri! 1979-06-02 · 45 min
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S1 · E68A Bogus Complaint 1979-06-09 · 45 min
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S1 · E69Very Proud of the Celebrated Sword 1979-06-16 · 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.
S1 · E70A Loach Pot Rather Than A Domain 1979-06-23 · 45 min
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S1 · E71The Best Godfather in Japan 1979-06-30 · 45 min
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S1 · E72Revenge Colored with Safflowers 1979-07-07 · 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.