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Gokenin Zankuro
TV series / 1995

Gokenin Zankuro

Episode directors Haruhiko MimuraEiichi KudōKōsei Saitō
Drama

★ 8.0/10Audience rating

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 …

The story

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.

Cast

Ken WatanabeZankuro Matsudaira Kyôko KishidaZankurô's mother Mayumi WakamuraTsutakichi Toru MasuokaNishio Denzaburō Yōko MoriguchiOryô Sansei ShiomiSaji Jun KarasawaRiku Nishio Tetsuro Tamba

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