Gokenin Zankuro
Air Date: 1/9/1995
Imdb: tt1320213
Popularity: 15.914
Vote: 8/10 (2)
Last Aired: 5/19/1999 12:00:00AM
Next Aired:
Status: Ended
Seasons: 5 - Info
Networks: Fuji TV

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.