Set in the eighteenth century, during the reign of the fifth Tokugawa shōgun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. Akō-han is demolished by the Tokugawa shogunate. Hotta Hayato is a ronin who is living a desperate life because of his sad past. But one day he starts working for Chisaka Takafusa, the Chief retainer of the Uesugi clan. The Uesugi clan and Chisaka are wary of Ōishi Kuranosuke and Ako Roshi's movements, so Chisaka orders Hotta to observe Ōishi Kuranosuke.

Tomoko Aihara

Okô

Shigeru Amachi

Wakizaka Awaji-no-Kami

Gorō Ibuki

Horibe Yasubei

Nobuo Kawai

Fujii Mataemon

Yūsuke Kawazu

Kobayashi Heihachirô

Kyôko Kishida

Ôishi Riku

Akiji Kobayashi

Hara Soemon

Ken Matsudaira

Asano Takumi-no-Kami

Hiroki Matsukata

Keiko Matsuzaka

Aguri

Yūki Meguro

Uesugi Noritsuna

Toshirō Mifune

Tachibana Sakon

• Tan TakaiwaExecutive Producer
• Toru TakemitsuOriginal Music Composer

First aired

April 16, 1979

Last aired

December 17, 1979

Status

Ended

Original language

Japanese

Episodes

36

• Season 136 episodes · 1979

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  Song of the Samurai - Chapter: Youthful Days in Edo

  2026

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  Ningyo Sashichi Torimonocho

  2016

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  Tsukahara Bokuden

  2011

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  Secret Magistrate Asahina

  1998

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  Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu

  1987

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  Tokugawa Ieyasu

  1983

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  Shadow Warriors

  1980

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  The Tree In Sunlight

  2000

• 

  Shigurui: Death Frenzy

  2007

• 

  Kaze no Tōge: Ginkan no Fu

  2015

• 

  Hiroshige Blue

  2024

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  Takeda Shingen

  1988