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.
1. Side Job
Next1995-01-09 | 45m
2. The Two Bodyguards
1995-01-16
3. Sister Comes Home
1995-01-23
4. The Mystery of the Blue Skin
1995-01-30
5. Voluntary Imprisonment
1995-02-06
6. I am the Shogun
1995-02-13
7. The Master of Waste
1995-02-20
8. A Mysterious Killer
1995-02-27
