The Unfettered Shogun - Season 1

1. The Star of Edo

Aired: 1/7/1978

Roughhousing daimyo Tokugawa Yoshimune of Kishu reluctantly becomes the Shogun so that he may bring prosperity to everyone in the country. On his procession to Edo Palace, he runs into his old friend Tatsugoro, and a little girl begging for a pardon for her father on death row. Yoshimune decides to sneak out of Edo Palace and do a little detective work.

2. The Remarkable Charlatan

Aired: 1/14/1978

Ogyu Shosen is called a quack doctor, but Yoshimune thinks he should be made surgeon-general.

3. The First Fireman Banner

Aired: 1/21/1978

Hatamoto firemen are causing a nuisance and thieving in town, so fiery Tatsugoro and his gang of construction workers aim to take them down.

4. Mother From Long Past

Aired: 1/28/1978

A hatamoto's spoiled brat daughter is in the habit of thieving and blaming it on commoners. Meanwhile, Yoshimune becomes preternaturally obsessed with a den-den taiko (a type of child's toy).

5. Spring in the O'oku

Aired: 2/4/1978

6. The Splendid Potato Samurai

Aired: 2/11/1978

7. The Man of River Styx

Aired: 2/25/1978

8. The Befouled Truncheon

Aired: 3/4/1978

9. The Chivalrous Thief

Aired: 3/11/1978

10. The Blossoming Meyasubako

Aired: 3/18/1978

11. The Finest Kiyari Song

Aired: 3/25/1978

12. The Amazing Kishu Woman

Aired: 4/1/1978

Yoshimune's old friend from Kishu, a female lumberjack, comes to Edo to engage in lumber trade, but gets in trouble.

13. The Perilous Souvenir Gift

Aired: 4/8/1978

Yoshimune's old friends from Kishu, Sakichi and Onatsu of the lumber store, are leaving town, so Yoshimune comes to bring them a present. He ends up getting in the way of a drug bust and is mistaken for a drug dealer.

14. The Golden Crow Charms

Aired: 4/15/1978

Fireman Genzo wins the lottery, but is then reported to the police for having a forged ticket.

15. The Quack Who Calls Forth Spring

Aired: 4/22/1978

Even though he has been made surgeon-general, nobody trusts Ogawa Shosen or Yoshimune's city hospital. Yoshimune decides to get himself admitted as Shin-san to investigate from within.

16. Showdown at Beautiful Yoshiwara

Aired: 4/29/1978

17. Love and the Guardian Deity

Aired: 5/6/1978

Satsuma domain bully a store that is in their debt by trying to steal the storekeeper's girlfriend, and by framing them for theft. Only a man of stone can save Tamba-ya from destruction!

18. The Beat of a Taiko Drum in Edo

Aired: 5/13/1978

Yoshimune really wants to attend a festival in Edo, but he has important business to attend to in the palace. Jii says he can go out as long as he is back by 4 PM. This doesn't seem likely, since Yoshimune gets involved in a big fistfight and village drama.

19. A Ballad of a Fireman

Aired: 5/20/1978

Tatsugoro's family is indebted to a samurai family, so Tatsugoro gives the samurai family his very best fireman to adopt, since the samurai have no heir of their own. The other samurai do not like him.

20. Iris and Sympathy

Aired: 5/27/1978

21. Fireman's Standard was Watching

Aired: 6/3/1978

22. Friendships Support the World

Aired: 6/17/1978

23. Rage of the Fishmonger

Aired: 6/24/1978

24. The Dreadful Shichi-ri Messengers

Aired: 7/1/1978

25. Heavens! Great Trouble in Edo

Aired: 7/8/1978

26. The Drunken Man Who was Promoted

Aired: 7/15/1978

27. The Woman Who Challenged the Yagyu Family

Aired: 7/22/1978

28. A Flower Blooms in the Dark

Aired: 7/29/1978

29. The Goofiest Pickpocket in Edo

Aired: 8/19/1978

30. The Misjudged Betrayer

Aired: 9/9/1978

31. The Woman Who Disappeared from the Hunting Ground

Aired: 9/16/1978

32. The Best Announcement of the Winner in Japan

Aired: 9/23/1978

Ryuko and Isonokaze were sumo wrestlers for a clan who tried to make them throw a match. Ryuko hides out at the fire house and meets Shin-san, who is very excitable and really, really wants to wrestle him. Eventually Shin-san learns of the wrestling drama that is unfolding...

33. A Daimyo's Famed Shiruko Restaurant

Aired: 9/30/1978

A certain han ruled by a child lord is having money trouble, so one of the han's samurai starts a sweet bean soup restaurant to try and raise funds. The samurai has some trouble getting customers...

34. The Women Who Dance in a Tempest

Aired: 10/7/1978

35. The Bride with an Explosive

Aired: 10/14/1978

A land reclamation project is taking place largely with Shogunate funds, carried out by contract with 2 companies (which are marrying their kids together as the ultimate symbol of the contract). One of the companies invents a bomb with a long fuse, to blow up a mountainous area in the reclamation zone. The other company decides to assassinate the first company, and steals the bomb...

36. The Deceiving Mole Under a Woman's Eye

Aired: 10/21/1978

37. Feel Her Heart

Aired: 10/28/1978

38. The Woman Who Challenged Her Master

Aired: 11/4/1978

39. A Sweet Snare from RyuKyu

Aired: 11/11/1978

40. Go! The Prodogy of the Commoners

Aired: 11/18/1978

41. Hara-Kiri! The Drunkard Magistrate

Aired: 12/2/1978

42. A Hot Man and a Brazen Hussy

Aired: 12/9/1978

43. The Shogun's Secret Ninja

Aired: 12/16/1978

Female ninja Osono's dad Seiemon comes to town. He is now a cotton-farming country samurai. Needs dried sardines for fertilizer. The hatamoto of sardineland is driving the fishermens' prices down so all the farmers secretly sell to Seiemon. The merchant tries to assassinate Seiemon and fails, since Seiemon is a ninja. Seiemon stays at the firehouse and plans to secretly assassinate the criminals, then kill himself, because he's depressed.

44. Fresh Blood on the Bestowed Sword

Aired: 12/23/1978

45. The Counterfeit Coins and the Candy Man

Aired: 12/30/1978

A man makes little pretty sugar candies for kids and tells funny stories. He used to be a counterfeiter because of his great manual dexterity, but vowed to turn his life around. Shin-san becomes interested in candy just when the guy's old friends force him to counterfeit again...

46. A Grand New Year's Gift

Aired: 1/6/1979

47. The Female Doctor with a Fist

Aired: 1/13/1979

Edo is invigorated by an unusually aggressive and outspoken female doctor, Oshino, who physically beats her patients if they do not obey her.

48. Hell in the Heavenly Bath

Aired: 1/20/1979

49. The Pen is Mightier Than The Sword

Aired: 1/27/1979

50. The Great Packed Lunch of a Woman

Aired: 2/3/1979

51. The Bride of the Fish Market

Aired: 2/10/1979

52. The Downfall of Ooka Echizen No Kami

Aired: 2/17/1979

A bad gang leader kidnaps Tadasuke's wife (who never appeared before or since), as she went to the shrine to pray for a baby. Tadasuke decides that justice outweighs his bride and prepares to prosecute the gang leader anyway, so Shin-san lets the prisoner go secretly to try and follow him to Tadasuke's bride...

53. The Best Dry Sake for Mother and Son

Aired: 2/24/1979

Clannish Edoite sake sellers turn against a travelling Osakan female sake seller to force her out of the market; only her long-lost son, an Edoite sake seller, can save her.

54. The Female Doctor Who Loves Money

Aired: 3/3/1979

Oshino, the female doctor with a fist, is in charge of a temple that gives free medical service to orphans, but it is reputed that she is stealing all the money instead.

55. This Small Incident Occured Ten Years Ago

Aired: 3/10/1979

Shoheiko, the official Shogunate college, has an admissions scandal where the bureaucrats turn out to have been accepting bribes for admissions. Yoshimune suggests opening it to commoners and calls up some obscure scholars; the vicious bureaucrats attack and kill one. Shin-san absolutely loses his mind, but Tatsugoro is there to give him a helping hand.

56. The Man Who Died in the Light Snowfalls in Spring

Aired: 3/17/1979

Ryuko's friend is killed by a rice wholesaler. Shin-san investigates this and discovers a whole sordid rice-based drama, including collective punishment, famine, and assassination.

57. Eliminations of Black Sheep

Aired: 3/24/1979

58. The Best Cherry Blossom Dance in Edo

Aired: 3/31/1979

59. The Firemen's Standard is the Firemen's Heart and Soul

Aired: 4/7/1979

60. Only the Sun Knew

Aired: 4/14/1979

61. The Perished Love in a Spring Storm

Aired: 4/21/1979

62. A Single Flower in the Dark

Aired: 4/28/1979

63. The Fallen Flower in the Game of Chance

Aired: 5/5/1979

64. Holding a Fire Standard for a Spear

Aired: 5/12/1979

65. The Troublesome Tea Urn Trip

Aired: 5/19/1979

66. Daruma Smiled on Joshu Road

Aired: 5/26/1979

67. Commissioner Ooka Committs Hara-Kiri!

Aired: 6/2/1979

68. A Bogus Complaint

Aired: 6/9/1979

69. Very Proud of the Celebrated Sword

Aired: 6/16/1979

An unbalanced ronin wants to become the sword teacher to a daimyo, so he can get enough money to buy back his really sexy sword from the pawn shop. However, a competitor attacks him, crippling the ronin's hand. Shin-san is really mad about this, even though the ronin attacked him earlier.

70. A Loach Pot Rather Than A Domain

Aired: 6/23/1979

71. The Best Godfather in Japan

Aired: 6/30/1979

72. Revenge Colored with Safflowers

Aired: 7/7/1979

A pregnant safflower farmer's husband is run over by the local lord's horse. She's lured to the daikan's office to get compensated but is raped and turned into the lord's concubine instead. She schemes to have herself murdered so Ooka Echizen will enter the manor and discover these great crimes.

73. A Man Passionate About the Snow on Mount Fuji

Aired: 7/14/1979

A kind but untalented kitchen-supervisor samurai is assigned to accompany his domain's gift to the Shogun: big blocks of ice. Shin-san, tramping around Shinjuku, accidentally discovers this delivery and starts accompanying it too, and discovers a rival domain is trying to kill the ice to humiliate the first domain.

74. Kick the Edo Illness Out!

Aired: 7/21/1979

A mysterious illness (beriberi) becomes common and Yoshimune calls his doctor to find out what the cause is. His doctor says only his own special blend of medicine (very expensive) can cure it. Oshino, the female doctor with a fist, however, believes the solution is more simple (and involves punching people).

75. Gorozaemon Kano's Disappearance

Aired: 8/11/1979

Kano Gorozaemon, who is practically Yoshimune's adoptive father, goes out into Edo to get a surprise present for the Shogun, and is kidnapped by a nutter who wants to frame him for murder to steal his job.

76. Suspicion Begets Idle Fears

Aired: 8/18/1979

A lord lets 3 master ghost actresses into his house as maids, somehow doesn't connect this with supernatural happenings in his house.

77. The Bride That Came From Kishu

Aired: 8/25/1979

Kikue, the daughter of a potter, comes to Edo and meets her old friend Shin-san, who she recognizes as the Shogun. She came to marry Kano Gorozaemon, who proposed to her when she was eight (??!) but Kano backed out.

78. A Man Hunting the Whole Country

Aired: 9/8/1979

The Ogobanshu (kind of like a guild of hatamotos) want to hunt, but in setting the borders of the hunting area they recklessly steal the corner of a VERY sensitive farmer's farm.

79. Peerless! The Taste of Momma

Aired: 9/15/1979

Matsumae domain officials and the store Ebisu-ya are conspiring to give predatory loans to alcohol shops. Lady merchant Omasa from Osaka wants to get a better deal, and her son unfortunately took the debt from his main sake supplier, so now she needs to get money to save both their skins.

80. The Direct Retainers of the Shogun Run Wild

Aired: 9/22/1979

Hatamotos, a domain, a runaway killer samurai from the domain, the firemen, and jii for some reason, all end up in a gigantic free for all fight.

81. Heroes in the Darkness

Aired: 9/29/1979

82. Angelic Neighborhood Bully

Aired: 10/13/1979

83. Thief Targeting the Nation

Aired: 10/20/1979

84. O-sai Flies!

Aired: 10/27/1979

85. Mount Fuji Saw The Wild Spear

Aired: 11/3/1979

86. The Shogun Permitted a Thief

Aired: 11/10/1979

87. Bullet Aiming At 8 Million Koku

Aired: 11/17/1979

88. Burn! Even If You Must Die

Aired: 11/24/1979

89. Embarrased To Recieve Flowers in Congratulation

Aired: 12/1/1979

90. Beast Battle! Master Tatsugoro

Aired: 12/8/1979

91. Duel! In the Stormy Castle

Aired: 12/15/1979

92. Cheers! Quack Doctor

Aired: 12/22/1979

93. The Will of the Raging Samurai

Aired: 12/29/1979

94. The Lanterns of Early Spring and Noon Emerge

Aired: 1/5/1980

95. I Saw a Rainbow in the Sea of Flames

Aired: 1/12/1980

96. Get the Vermin Out of the Castle!

Aired: 1/19/1980

97. I Don't Need a Mother!

Aired: 1/26/1980

98. The Girl From the Wolf Village

Aired: 2/2/1980

99. A Dohyori of Fire!

Aired: 2/9/1980

100. The Fake Shogun

Aired: 2/16/1980

101. The Eight Million Koku Porter

Aired: 2/23/1980

102. The Collector Who Collected the Villain's Head

Aired: 3/1/1980

103. Catastrophe! We Shouldn't Have Gotten Out of the Way!

Aired: 3/8/1980

104. Japan's Most Wanted Bride

Aired: 3/22/1980

105. Stop! Uncontrolled Official Carriage

Aired: 3/29/1980

106. What is a Shogun?

Aired: 4/5/1980

107. Watch Out! A Female Spy

Aired: 4/12/1980

108. The Man Who Gives Orders to the Shogun!

Aired: 4/19/1980

109. Snacks Delight on a Sunny Day

Aired: 4/26/1980

110. Youth of Edo, Stand Up!

Aired: 5/3/1980

111. Love Blossoms in Ubasuteyama!

Aired: 5/10/1980

112. The Proud and Naive Samurai

Aired: 5/17/1980

113. The Man Who Didn't Stop

Aired: 5/24/1980

114. I Saw the Real One! The Hayabusa Brat

Aired: 5/31/1980

115. Beware of the Quick Bucks

Aired: 6/7/1980

116. The Man Who Died and Flourished

Aired: 6/14/1980

117. Courage in the Face of Injustice

Aired: 6/21/1980

118. Thief Training

Aired: 6/28/1980

119. The Fox Woman Cries, the Banner of Empathy

Aired: 7/5/1980

120. The Princess Take - Tears from a Wedding Procession

Aired: 7/12/1980

121. The Flourishing of the Female Bushido

Aired: 7/19/1980

122. The Sad Song of the South

Aired: 7/26/1980

123. The New Boss! - Osai, of the Fire Extinguisher

Aired: 8/2/1980

124. The One Who Stood Out After Being at Risk of Drowning

Aired: 8/9/1980

125. Floating Lanterns That Mark a New Beginning in a Man's Life

Aired: 8/16/1980

126. Love Sold for 20,000 Ryu

Aired: 8/23/1980

127. The Trap in the Wolf Village

Aired: 8/30/1980

128. Melancholy Ninja Love

Aired: 9/6/1980

129. Dad, You Used to Be Someone

Aired: 9/13/1980

130. My Childhood Friend is an Oku Woman

Aired: 9/27/1980

131. There was a Bullet in the Clam Chowder!

Aired: 10/4/1980

132. Run! The Shogun's Horse!

Aired: 10/11/1980

133. Listen! The Chronicles of the Old Man and the Young Master

Aired: 10/18/1980

134. A Silly Dance in an Oily Hell

Aired: 10/25/1980

135. Duel on the Steam of Hell

Aired: 11/1/1980

136. The Woman Who Bet on the Mountain of Fire

Aired: 11/8/1980

137. Edo's Female Chief

Aired: 11/15/1980

138. Hakone's Melancholic Drizzle

Aired: 11/22/1980

139. The One Who Flirted Was to Blame

Aired: 11/29/1980

140. The Wild Spear Everyone Fears

Aired: 12/6/1980

141. The Bandit Harusame's Mother

Aired: 12/20/1980

142. Munenryu Shintoism and Confucianism According to the Hayashi Clan

Aired: 12/27/1980

143. I Am the Most Unpleasant Person in the World

Aired: 1/10/1981

Shin-san accidentally gets involved with two low-class thieving morons, to Tatsugoro's horror. Tatsugoro finally manages to get rid of them, and one of them is promptly killed by evil ninjas for having seen something he should not have. Yoshimune learns they were raising a bunch of orphans in an awful shack with their scammed money, and decides he must avenge the dead criminal.

144. One Life For One Isshou of Shochu

Aired: 1/17/1981

145. The Silent Man's Divorce Letter

Aired: 1/24/1981

146. Ah! Justice Has Tears!

Aired: 1/31/1981

147. Megumi Clan's Love Bridge

Aired: 2/7/1981

148. Japan's Number One Little Thief

Aired: 2/14/1981

149. Tops Spinning Beneath a False Union

Aired: 2/21/1981

150. The White Waves That Shame the Flowers

Aired: 2/28/1981

151. Sado, the Shining Yellow

Aired: 3/7/1981

152. The Shogun, the Horse Thief, and the Brat

Aired: 3/14/1981

153. When a Man Sparks

Aired: 3/21/1981

154. The Love That Blooms Inside a Coffin

Aired: 3/28/1981

155. I Don't Want to Be the Shogun's Bride

Aired: 4/11/1981

156. Jongara with a Munen-Ryu Kid

Aired: 4/18/1981

157. The Cursed Box of 1000 Ryos

Aired: 4/25/1981

158. Hell's Bells Ring at 6.00 p.m

Aired: 5/2/1981

159. Rest in Peace, Onaka - The Flowing Lanterns

Aired: 5/9/1981

160. The Flowers That Fall Without Waiting for Spring

Aired: 5/16/1981

161. The One Who Smiled in the End

Aired: 5/23/1981

162. The Blooming Ginseng Flower That the Firefighter's Matoi Made Flourish

Aired: 5/30/1981

163. The Cowardly Samurai Who Made a Demon Woman Cry

Aired: 6/6/1981

164. Break the Chains of the Heart With Human Kindness

Aired: 6/13/1981

165. Whose Ungrateful Son is it

Aired: 6/20/1981

166. Promise of the Bell the Girl With Bangs and a Sword

Aired: 6/27/1981

167. The Decisive Duel of the Lantern Samurai

Aired: 7/4/1981

168. Legitimate Marital Fight

Aired: 7/11/1981

169. Clear Sky - The Hungry Lancer

Aired: 7/18/1981

170. The Duel! Blood in the Fuefuki River of Koshu

Aired: 8/1/1981

171. Burning Tears of the Traitor

Aired: 8/8/1981

172. The Flower in the Shadow That Made a Man Bloom

Aired: 8/15/1981

173. Waves of the Seto Maiden

Aired: 8/22/1981

174. Onomichi - Sunset of Revenge

Aired: 8/29/1981

175. The Million Kokus Dependent

Aired: 9/5/1981

176. The Bond of Hatred Between Father and Daughter

Aired: 9/12/1981

177. The Morning When Demons Wept

Aired: 9/19/1981

178. The Bet For the Dance Fan in the Sumo Ring

Aired: 9/26/1981

179. The Samurai Tanuki Performs a Great Feat

Aired: 10/3/1981

180. The Man Who Steals While Preaching

Aired: 10/10/1981

181. Oath of Brothers

Aired: 10/17/1981

182. The One Who Eats From the Table and the One Who Doesn't

Aired: 10/24/1981

183. The Night Flower That Blooms Once

Aired: 10/31/1981

184. The Man Who Danced in the Shadows

Aired: 11/7/1981

185. The Man Who Danced in the Shadows

Aired: 11/14/1981

186. The Love Story of a Man and His Taiko Drum

Aired: 11/21/1981

187. Sorry, Shogun! The Change of a Monk

Aired: 11/28/1981

188. Call of the Storm! The Bride From Megumi

Aired: 12/5/1981

189. The Heart of a Mother That Made Demons Cry

Aired: 12/12/1981

190. The Number One Rain Man in Japan

Aired: 12/19/1981

191. Cold Wind of Yoshiwara, Tears of a Woman

Aired: 12/26/1981

192. Laughter and Tears, The Dramatic Life of the People of Kawachi

Aired: 1/9/1982

193. The First Snow is the Make-Up of the Dead of a Sad Woman

Aired: 1/16/1982

194. The Poor and Nameless Grass

Aired: 1/23/1982

195. The Fragrance of the Sea, Tastes Like Mama

Aired: 1/30/1982

196. Why Sadness in Sharing an Umbrella?

Aired: 2/6/1982

197. A Remora That is More Frightening Than a Pufferfish

Aired: 2/13/1982

198. Sadness. Fallen Flowers of Those Who Stay

Aired: 2/20/1982

199. The Villain Who Laughed Last

Aired: 2/27/1982

200. Laughter and Tears, Three Girls From Edo

Aired: 3/6/1982

201. The Greatest Achievement of a Drunken Jitte

Aired: 3/13/1982

202. The Tale of the Fame of the Fool Kanpachi

Aired: 3/20/1982

203. The Flower That Disappeared in an Avalanche

Aired: 3/27/1982

204. Farewell Flower, Night Gust

Aired: 4/10/1982

205. Spring Has Come Again! Spouses' Kanzashi

Aired: 4/17/1982

206. You're a Child. Don't Cry, Torokichi!

Aired: 4/24/1982

207. The Farewell of the 808 Towns

Aired: 5/1/1982