Abarenbo Shogun
TV Series
Season 1 & 3
Starring: Ken Matsudaira, Ryo Tamura, Jyoji Yamamoto, Saburo Kitajima
One of longest running Japanese TV series, The show's hero is a cheerful and generous Shogun Yoshimune Tokugawa, who disguises himself as Shinosuke Tokuda, the third son of poor Hatamoto (a bannerman retainer of the Shogun). In his disguise, he mingles unnoticed with the public in the city of Edo.
Yoshimune frequents the Megumi fire station where the fire chief and his key offiers are some of the few people who know the true indentity of Shinosuke. He also employs a number of both male and female ninjas that guard and assist him in defeating and punishing those who do evil deeds.
Season 1 has 13 episodes on 3 discs, Season 3 has 14 episodes on 7 discs, packed in a spindle Cake Box without artwork.
Japanese with English subtitles
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