

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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- TMDB ID
- 204396 ↗
- First aired
- 1995-01-09
- Last aired
- 2002-02-25
- Status
- Ended
- Episode runtime
- 45 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Creators
- Unknown
- Countries
- JP
- Languages
- Japanese
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Age ratings
—Not rated in Switzerland (CH)
—Not rated in Spain (ES)
—Not rated in France (FR)
—Not rated in United States of America (US)
—Not rated in United Kingdom (GB)
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