
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.
Cast
Ken Watanabe
8 episodes
Kyôko Kishida
8 episodes
Mayumi Wakamura
8 episodes
Toru Masuoka
8 episodes
Yōko Moriguchi
8 episodes
Sansei Shiomi
8 episodes
Jun Karasawa
8 episodes
Tetsuro Tamba
8 episodes
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