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Gokenin Zankuro

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.
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Cast

Ken Watanabe profile
Ken Watanabe

Zankuro Matsudaira

Total episodes: 8

Kyôko Kishida profile
Kyôko Kishida

Zankurô's mother

Total episodes: 8

Mayumi Wakamura profile
Mayumi Wakamura

Tsutakichi

Total episodes: 8

Toru Masuoka profile
Toru Masuoka

Nishio Denzaburō

Total episodes: 8

Yōko Moriguchi profile
Yōko Moriguchi

Oryô

Total episodes: 8

Sansei Shiomi profile
Sansei Shiomi

Saji

Total episodes: 8

Jun Karasawa profile
Jun Karasawa

Riku Nishio

Total episodes: 8

Tetsuro Tamba profile
Tetsuro Tamba

Total episodes: 8

Ken Watanabe profile
Ken Watanabe

Zankuro Matsudaira

Total episodes: 8

Kyôko Kishida profile
Kyôko Kishida

Zankurô's mother

Total episodes: 8

Mayumi Wakamura profile
Mayumi Wakamura

Tsutakichi

Total episodes: 8

Toru Masuoka profile
Toru Masuoka

Nishio Denzaburō

Total episodes: 8

Yōko Moriguchi profile
Yōko Moriguchi

Oryô

Total episodes: 8

Sansei Shiomi profile
Sansei Shiomi

Saji

Total episodes: 8

Jun Karasawa profile
Jun Karasawa

Riku Nishio

Total episodes: 8

Tetsuro Tamba profile
Tetsuro Tamba

Total episodes: 8

Extra

Release Date

January 9, 1995

Last air Date

February 25, 2002

Status

Ended

Original Language

Japanese

Networks

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Season 5

Aired on: 2001 | 10 Episodes

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