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Gokenin Zankuro
1995 • 0h 45m • 5 Seasons • 50 Episodes • ★ 8.0 (3 votes) Ended
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.
Rating
8.0
Runtime
45 min
Episodes
50
Production
Fuji Television Network Kyodo Eiga
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Keywords
samurai
