Gokenin Zankuro
TV Show| Title | 御家人斬九郎 |
| User score | 8 |
| Release date | Jan 9, 1995 |
| Release date of last episode | Feb 25, 2002 |
| Genre | Drama |
| Production country | Japan |
| Production companies | Fuji Television Network, Kyodo Eiga Company Ltd. |
| Series status | Ended |
| Seasons count | 5 (List of episodes) |
| Episodes count | 50 |
| Run time | 45 min. |
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.
Latest episodes
List of episodesS5.E10 ∙ The last deadly battle
Feb 25, 2002
S5.E9 ∙ Woman of Fuyukicho
Feb 18, 2002
S5.E8 ∙ Rancho Masajyo
Feb 11, 2002
S5.E7 ∙ Mother's dream
Feb 4, 2002
S5.E6 ∙ Sacrificial price Goryo
Jan 28, 2002
S5.E5 ∙ Haunted house
Jan 21, 2002
S5.E4 ∙ Bandit apprentice
Jan 14, 2002
S5.E3 ∙ The last ninja
Jan 7, 2002
S5.E2 ∙ Demon of Hakone
Dec 31, 2001
S5.E1 ∙ Annoying loyalist
Dec 24, 2001
S4.E10 ∙ Being a Man
May 19, 1999
S4.E9 ∙ Persecuted Outcast
May 12, 1999
S4.E8 ∙ Woman in Sight
May 5, 1999
S4.E7 ∙ Samurai Training
Apr 28, 1999
S4.E6 ∙ Prison Break
Apr 21, 1999
S4.E5 ∙ Trap Within a Trap
Apr 14, 1999
S4.E4 ∙ Love Letter
Apr 7, 1999
S4.E3 ∙ The Otone Moon
Mar 31, 1999
S4.E2 ∙ The Man Who Went Away
Mar 24, 1999
S4.E1 ∙ Mother
Mar 17, 1999
