Gokenin Zankuro

Gokenin Zankuro

1995 · 5 seasons · 50 eps · ★ 8.0 · Drama

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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.

Directed by Eiichi Kudō · Written by Narito Kaneko

Network: Fuji TV

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