Basic Info

First Air: January 09, 1995

Rating: ⭐ 8.0/10 (3 votes)

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 5

Episodes: 50

Last Episode

Name: The last deadly battle

Season: 5, Episode: 10

Air Date: 2002-02-25

Gokenin Zankuro

1995 5 seasons 50 episodes ⭐ 8.0/10 3 votes

Overview

Zankuro Matsudaira (Ken Watanabe) is a low-grade vassal of the Tokugawa Shogun, forced to moonlight as a bodyguard and executioner to make ends meet. He also has a drinking problem, an overeating mother, and a propensity to protect the oppressed, all of which eat into his finances. His confident mother Masajo (Kyoko Kishida) is the descendant of a famous family of shogunate retainers and a mistress of the pen and sword, who regards her son as a failure.