Abarenbo Shogun
1978 · 12 seasons · 834 episodes · Action & Adventure, Drama, Family
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."
Seasons
12 seasons · 834 episodes- 1
The Star of Edo
7 Jan 1978 45m
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.
- 2
The Remarkable Charlatan
14 Jan 1978 45m
Ogyu Shosen is called a quack doctor, but Yoshimune thinks he should be made surgeon-general.
- 3
The First Fireman Banner
21 Jan 1978 45m
Hatamoto firemen are causing a nuisance and thieving in town, so fiery Tatsugoro and his gang of construction workers aim to take them down.
- 4
Mother From Long Past
28 Jan 1978 45m
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).
- 5
Spring in the O'oku
4 Feb 1978 45m
- 6
The Splendid Potato Samurai
11 Feb 1978 45m
- 7
The Man of River Styx
25 Feb 1978 45m
- 8
The Befouled Truncheon
4 Mar 1978 45m
- 9
The Chivalrous Thief
11 Mar 1978 45m
- 10
The Blossoming Meyasubako
18 Mar 1978 45m
- 11
The Finest Kiyari Song
25 Mar 1978 45m
- 12
The Amazing Kishu Woman
1 Apr 1978 45m
Yoshimune's old friend from Kishu, a female lumberjack, comes to Edo to engage in lumber trade, but gets in trouble.
- 13
The Perilous Souvenir Gift
8 Apr 1978 45m
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.
- 14
The Golden Crow Charms
15 Apr 1978 45m
Fireman Genzo wins the lottery, but is then reported to the police for having a forged ticket.
- 15
The Quack Who Calls Forth Spring
22 Apr 1978 45m
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.
- 16
Showdown at Beautiful Yoshiwara
29 Apr 1978 45m
- 17
Love and the Guardian Deity
6 May 1978 45m
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!
- 18
The Beat of a Taiko Drum in Edo
13 May 1978 45m
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.
- 19
A Ballad of a Fireman
20 May 1978 45m
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.
- 20
Iris and Sympathy
27 May 1978 45m
- 21
Fireman's Standard was Watching
3 Jun 1978 45m
- 22
Friendships Support the World
17 Jun 1978 45m
- 23
Rage of the Fishmonger
24 Jun 1978 45m
- 24
The Dreadful Shichi-ri Messengers
1 Jul 1978 45m
- 25
Heavens! Great Trouble in Edo
8 Jul 1978 45m
- 26
The Drunken Man Who was Promoted
15 Jul 1978 45m
- 27
The Woman Who Challenged the Yagyu Family
22 Jul 1978 45m
- 28
A Flower Blooms in the Dark
29 Jul 1978 45m
- 29
The Goofiest Pickpocket in Edo
19 Aug 1978 45m
- 30
The Misjudged Betrayer
9 Sept 1978 45m
- 31
The Woman Who Disappeared from the Hunting Ground
16 Sept 1978 45m
- 32
The Best Announcement of the Winner in Japan
23 Sept 1978 45m
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...
- 33
A Daimyo's Famed Shiruko Restaurant
30 Sept 1978 45m
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...
- 34
The Women Who Dance in a Tempest
7 Oct 1978 45m
- 35
The Bride with an Explosive
14 Oct 1978 45m
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...
- 36
The Deceiving Mole Under a Woman's Eye
21 Oct 1978 45m
- 37
Feel Her Heart
28 Oct 1978 45m
- 38
The Woman Who Challenged Her Master
4 Nov 1978 45m
- 39
A Sweet Snare from RyuKyu
11 Nov 1978 45m
- 40
Go! The Prodogy of the Commoners
18 Nov 1978 45m
- 41
Hara-Kiri! The Drunkard Magistrate
2 Dec 1978 45m
- 42
A Hot Man and a Brazen Hussy
9 Dec 1978 45m
- 43
The Shogun's Secret Ninja
16 Dec 1978 45m
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.
- 44
Fresh Blood on the Bestowed Sword
23 Dec 1978 45m
- 45
The Counterfeit Coins and the Candy Man
30 Dec 1978 45m
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...
- 46
A Grand New Year's Gift
6 Jan 1979 45m
- 47
The Female Doctor with a Fist
13 Jan 1979 45m
Edo is invigorated by an unusually aggressive and outspoken female doctor, Oshino, who physically beats her patients if they do not obey her.
- 48
Hell in the Heavenly Bath
20 Jan 1979 45m
- 49
The Pen is Mightier Than The Sword
27 Jan 1979 45m
- 50
The Great Packed Lunch of a Woman
3 Feb 1979 45m
- 51
The Bride of the Fish Market
10 Feb 1979 45m
- 52
The Downfall of Ooka Echizen No Kami
17 Feb 1979 45m
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...
- 53
The Best Dry Sake for Mother and Son
24 Feb 1979 45m
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.
- 54
The Female Doctor Who Loves Money
3 Mar 1979 45m
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.
- 55
This Small Incident Occured Ten Years Ago
10 Mar 1979 45m
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.
- 56
The Man Who Died in the Light Snowfalls in Spring
17 Mar 1979 45m
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.
- 57
Eliminations of Black Sheep
24 Mar 1979 45m
- 58
The Best Cherry Blossom Dance in Edo
31 Mar 1979 45m
- 59
The Firemen's Standard is the Firemen's Heart and Soul
7 Apr 1979 45m
- 60
Only the Sun Knew
14 Apr 1979 45m
- 61
The Perished Love in a Spring Storm
21 Apr 1979 45m
- 62
A Single Flower in the Dark
28 Apr 1979 45m
- 63
The Fallen Flower in the Game of Chance
5 May 1979 45m
- 64
Holding a Fire Standard for a Spear
12 May 1979 45m
- 65
The Troublesome Tea Urn Trip
19 May 1979 45m
- 66
Daruma Smiled on Joshu Road
26 May 1979 45m
- 67
Commissioner Ooka Committs Hara-Kiri!
2 Jun 1979 45m
- 68
A Bogus Complaint
9 Jun 1979 45m
- 69
Very Proud of the Celebrated Sword
16 Jun 1979 45m
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.
- 70
A Loach Pot Rather Than A Domain
23 Jun 1979 45m
- 71
The Best Godfather in Japan
30 Jun 1979 45m
- 72
Revenge Colored with Safflowers
7 Jul 1979 45m
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.
- 73
A Man Passionate About the Snow on Mount Fuji
14 Jul 1979 45m
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.
- 74
Kick the Edo Illness Out!
21 Jul 1979 45m
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).
- 75
Gorozaemon Kano's Disappearance
11 Aug 1979 45m
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.
- 76
Suspicion Begets Idle Fears
18 Aug 1979 45m
A lord lets 3 master ghost actresses into his house as maids, somehow doesn't connect this with supernatural happenings in his house.
- 77
The Bride That Came From Kishu
25 Aug 1979 45m
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.
- 78
A Man Hunting the Whole Country
8 Sept 1979 45m
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.
- 79
Peerless! The Taste of Momma
15 Sept 1979 45m
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.
- 80
The Direct Retainers of the Shogun Run Wild
22 Sept 1979 45m
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.
- 81
Heroes in the Darkness
29 Sept 1979 45m
- 82
Angelic Neighborhood Bully
13 Oct 1979 45m
- 83
Thief Targeting the Nation
20 Oct 1979 45m
- 84
O-sai Flies!
27 Oct 1979 45m
- 85
Mount Fuji Saw The Wild Spear
3 Nov 1979 45m
- 86
The Shogun Permitted a Thief
10 Nov 1979 45m
- 87
Bullet Aiming At 8 Million Koku
17 Nov 1979 45m
- 88
Burn! Even If You Must Die
24 Nov 1979 45m
- 89
Embarrased To Recieve Flowers in Congratulation
1 Dec 1979 45m
- 90
Beast Battle! Master Tatsugoro
8 Dec 1979 45m
- 91
Duel! In the Stormy Castle
15 Dec 1979 45m
- 92
Cheers! Quack Doctor
22 Dec 1979 45m
- 93
The Will of the Raging Samurai
29 Dec 1979 45m
- 94
The Lanterns of Early Spring and Noon Emerge
5 Jan 1980 45m
- 95
I Saw a Rainbow in the Sea of Flames
12 Jan 1980 45m
- 96
Get the Vermin Out of the Castle!
19 Jan 1980 45m
- 97
I Don't Need a Mother!
26 Jan 1980 45m
- 98
The Girl From the Wolf Village
2 Feb 1980 45m
- 99
A Dohyori of Fire!
9 Feb 1980 45m
- 100
The Fake Shogun
16 Feb 1980 45m
- 101
The Eight Million Koku Porter
23 Feb 1980 45m
- 102
The Collector Who Collected the Villain's Head
1 Mar 1980 45m
- 103
Catastrophe! We Shouldn't Have Gotten Out of the Way!
8 Mar 1980 45m
- 104
Japan's Most Wanted Bride
22 Mar 1980 45m
- 105
Stop! Uncontrolled Official Carriage
29 Mar 1980 45m
- 106
What is a Shogun?
5 Apr 1980 45m
- 107
Watch Out! A Female Spy
12 Apr 1980 45m
- 108
The Man Who Gives Orders to the Shogun!
19 Apr 1980 45m
- 109
Snacks Delight on a Sunny Day
26 Apr 1980 45m
- 110
Youth of Edo, Stand Up!
3 May 1980 45m
- 111
Love Blossoms in Ubasuteyama!
10 May 1980 45m
- 112
The Proud and Naive Samurai
17 May 1980 45m
- 113
The Man Who Didn't Stop
24 May 1980 45m
- 114
I Saw the Real One! The Hayabusa Brat
31 May 1980 45m
- 115
Beware of the Quick Bucks
7 Jun 1980 45m
- 116
The Man Who Died and Flourished
14 Jun 1980 45m
- 117
Courage in the Face of Injustice
21 Jun 1980 45m
- 118
Thief Training
28 Jun 1980 45m
- 119
The Fox Woman Cries, the Banner of Empathy
5 Jul 1980 45m
- 120
The Princess Take - Tears from a Wedding Procession
12 Jul 1980 45m
- 121
The Flourishing of the Female Bushido
19 Jul 1980 45m
- 122
The Sad Song of the South
26 Jul 1980 45m
- 123
The New Boss! - Osai, of the Fire Extinguisher
2 Aug 1980 45m
- 124
The One Who Stood Out After Being at Risk of Drowning
9 Aug 1980 45m
- 125
Floating Lanterns That Mark a New Beginning in a Man's Life
16 Aug 1980 45m
- 126
Love Sold for 20,000 Ryu
23 Aug 1980 45m
- 127
The Trap in the Wolf Village
30 Aug 1980 45m
- 128
Melancholy Ninja Love
6 Sept 1980 45m
- 129
Dad, You Used to Be Someone
13 Sept 1980 45m
- 130
My Childhood Friend is an Oku Woman
27 Sept 1980 45m
- 131
There was a Bullet in the Clam Chowder!
4 Oct 1980 45m
- 132
Run! The Shogun's Horse!
11 Oct 1980 45m
- 133
Listen! The Chronicles of the Old Man and the Young Master
18 Oct 1980 45m
- 134
A Silly Dance in an Oily Hell
25 Oct 1980 45m
- 135
Duel on the Steam of Hell
1 Nov 1980 45m
- 136
The Woman Who Bet on the Mountain of Fire
8 Nov 1980 45m
- 137
Edo's Female Chief
15 Nov 1980 45m
- 138
Hakone's Melancholic Drizzle
22 Nov 1980 45m
- 139
The One Who Flirted Was to Blame
29 Nov 1980 45m
- 140
The Wild Spear Everyone Fears
6 Dec 1980 45m
- 141
The Bandit Harusame's Mother
20 Dec 1980 45m
- 142
Munenryu Shintoism and Confucianism According to the Hayashi Clan
27 Dec 1980 45m
- 143
I Am the Most Unpleasant Person in the World
10 Jan 1981 45m
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.
- 144
One Life For One Isshou of Shochu
17 Jan 1981 45m
- 145
The Silent Man's Divorce Letter
24 Jan 1981 45m
- 146
Ah! Justice Has Tears!
31 Jan 1981 45m
- 147
Megumi Clan's Love Bridge
7 Feb 1981 45m
- 148
Japan's Number One Little Thief
14 Feb 1981 45m
- 149
Tops Spinning Beneath a False Union
21 Feb 1981 45m
- 150
The White Waves That Shame the Flowers
28 Feb 1981 45m
- 151
Sado, the Shining Yellow
7 Mar 1981 45m
- 152
The Shogun, the Horse Thief, and the Brat
14 Mar 1981 45m
- 153
When a Man Sparks
21 Mar 1981 45m
- 154
The Love That Blooms Inside a Coffin
28 Mar 1981 45m
- 155
I Don't Want to Be the Shogun's Bride
11 Apr 1981 45m
- 156
Jongara with a Munen-Ryu Kid
18 Apr 1981 45m
- 157
The Cursed Box of 1000 Ryos
25 Apr 1981 45m
- 158
Hell's Bells Ring at 6.00 p.m
2 May 1981 45m
- 159
Rest in Peace, Onaka - The Flowing Lanterns
9 May 1981 45m
- 160
The Flowers That Fall Without Waiting for Spring
16 May 1981 45m
- 161
The One Who Smiled in the End
23 May 1981 45m
- 162
The Blooming Ginseng Flower That the Firefighter's Matoi Made Flourish
30 May 1981 45m
- 163
The Cowardly Samurai Who Made a Demon Woman Cry
6 Jun 1981 45m
- 164
Break the Chains of the Heart With Human Kindness
13 Jun 1981 45m
- 165
Whose Ungrateful Son is it
20 Jun 1981 45m
- 166
Promise of the Bell the Girl With Bangs and a Sword
27 Jun 1981 45m
- 167
The Decisive Duel of the Lantern Samurai
4 Jul 1981 45m
- 168
Legitimate Marital Fight
11 Jul 1981 45m
- 169
Clear Sky - The Hungry Lancer
18 Jul 1981 45m
- 170
The Duel! Blood in the Fuefuki River of Koshu
1 Aug 1981 45m
- 171
Burning Tears of the Traitor
8 Aug 1981 45m
- 172
The Flower in the Shadow That Made a Man Bloom
15 Aug 1981 45m
- 173
Waves of the Seto Maiden
22 Aug 1981 45m
- 174
Onomichi - Sunset of Revenge
29 Aug 1981 45m
- 175
The Million Kokus Dependent
5 Sept 1981 45m
- 176
The Bond of Hatred Between Father and Daughter
12 Sept 1981 45m
- 177
The Morning When Demons Wept
19 Sept 1981 45m
- 178
The Bet For the Dance Fan in the Sumo Ring
26 Sept 1981 45m
- 179
The Samurai Tanuki Performs a Great Feat
3 Oct 1981 45m
- 180
The Man Who Steals While Preaching
10 Oct 1981 45m
- 181
Oath of Brothers
17 Oct 1981 45m
- 182
The One Who Eats From the Table and the One Who Doesn't
24 Oct 1981 45m
- 183
The Night Flower That Blooms Once
31 Oct 1981 45m
- 184
The Man Who Danced in the Shadows
7 Nov 1981 45m
- 185
The Man Who Danced in the Shadows
14 Nov 1981 45m
- 186
The Love Story of a Man and His Taiko Drum
21 Nov 1981 45m
- 187
Sorry, Shogun! The Change of a Monk
28 Nov 1981 45m
- 188
Call of the Storm! The Bride From Megumi
5 Dec 1981 45m
- 189
The Heart of a Mother That Made Demons Cry
12 Dec 1981 45m
- 190
The Number One Rain Man in Japan
19 Dec 1981 45m
- 191
Cold Wind of Yoshiwara, Tears of a Woman
26 Dec 1981 45m
- 192
Laughter and Tears, The Dramatic Life of the People of Kawachi
9 Jan 1982 45m
- 193
The First Snow is the Make-Up of the Dead of a Sad Woman
16 Jan 1982 45m
- 194
The Poor and Nameless Grass
23 Jan 1982 45m
- 195
The Fragrance of the Sea, Tastes Like Mama
30 Jan 1982 45m
- 196
Why Sadness in Sharing an Umbrella?
6 Feb 1982 45m
- 197
A Remora That is More Frightening Than a Pufferfish
13 Feb 1982 45m
- 198
Sadness. Fallen Flowers of Those Who Stay
20 Feb 1982 45m
- 199
The Villain Who Laughed Last
27 Feb 1982 45m
- 200
Laughter and Tears, Three Girls From Edo
6 Mar 1982 45m
- 201
The Greatest Achievement of a Drunken Jitte
13 Mar 1982 45m
- 202
The Tale of the Fame of the Fool Kanpachi
20 Mar 1982 45m
- 203
The Flower That Disappeared in an Avalanche
27 Mar 1982 45m
- 204
Farewell Flower, Night Gust
10 Apr 1982 45m
- 205
Spring Has Come Again! Spouses' Kanzashi
17 Apr 1982 45m
- 206
You're a Child. Don't Cry, Torokichi!
24 Apr 1982 45m
- 207
The Farewell of the 808 Towns
1 May 1982 45m
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