Gokenin Zankuro
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.
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Details
- Status
- Ended
- First air date
- January 9, 1995
- Last air date
- February 25, 2002
- Seasons
- 5
- Episodes
- 50
- Episode runtime
- 45m
- Network
- Fuji TV
- Original language
- JA
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