The Star of Edo

S01 E01 • Saturday, Jan 7, 1978 • Jan 7 • 45m

Roughhousing daimyo Tokugawa Yoshimune of Kishu reluctantly becomes the Shogun so that he may bring prosperity to everyone in the country. On his procession to Edo Palace, he runs into his old friend Tatsugoro, and a little girl begging for a pardon for her father on death row. Yoshimune decides to sneak out of Edo Palace and do a little detective work.

The Remarkable Charlatan

S01 E02 • Saturday, Jan 14, 1978 • Jan 14 • 45m

Ogyu Shosen is called a quack doctor, but Yoshimune thinks he should be made surgeon-general.

The First Fireman Banner

S01 E03 • Saturday, Jan 21, 1978 • Jan 21 • 45m

Hatamoto firemen are causing a nuisance and thieving in town, so fiery Tatsugoro and his gang of construction workers aim to take them down.

Mother From Long Past

S01 E04 • Saturday, Jan 28, 1978 • Jan 28 • 45m

A hatamoto's spoiled brat daughter is in the habit of thieving and blaming it on commoners. Meanwhile, Yoshimune becomes preternaturally obsessed with a den-den taiko (a type of child's toy).

Spring in the O'oku

S01 E05 • Saturday, Feb 4, 1978 • Feb 4 • 45m

The Splendid Potato Samurai

S01 E06 • Saturday, Feb 11, 1978 • Feb 11 • 45m

The Man of River Styx

S01 E07 • Saturday, Feb 25, 1978 • Feb 25 • 45m

The Befouled Truncheon

S01 E08 • Saturday, Mar 4, 1978 • Mar 4 • 45m

The Chivalrous Thief

S01 E09 • Saturday, Mar 11, 1978 • Mar 11 • 45m

The Blossoming Meyasubako

S01 E10 • Saturday, Mar 18, 1978 • Mar 18 • 45m

The Finest Kiyari Song

S01 E11 • Saturday, Mar 25, 1978 • Mar 25 • 45m

The Amazing Kishu Woman

S01 E12 • Saturday, Apr 1, 1978 • Apr 1 • 45m

Yoshimune's old friend from Kishu, a female lumberjack, comes to Edo to engage in lumber trade, but gets in trouble.

The Perilous Souvenir Gift

S01 E13 • Saturday, Apr 8, 1978 • Apr 8 • 45m

Yoshimune's old friends from Kishu, Sakichi and Onatsu of the lumber store, are leaving town, so Yoshimune comes to bring them a present. He ends up getting in the way of a drug bust and is mistaken for a drug dealer.

The Golden Crow Charms

S01 E14 • Saturday, Apr 15, 1978 • Apr 15 • 45m

Fireman Genzo wins the lottery, but is then reported to the police for having a forged ticket.

The Quack Who Calls Forth Spring

S01 E15 • Saturday, Apr 22, 1978 • Apr 22 • 45m

Even though he has been made surgeon-general, nobody trusts Ogawa Shosen or Yoshimune's city hospital. Yoshimune decides to get himself admitted as Shin-san to investigate from within.

Showdown at Beautiful Yoshiwara

S01 E16 • Saturday, Apr 29, 1978 • Apr 29 • 45m

Love and the Guardian Deity

S01 E17 • Saturday, May 6, 1978 • May 6 • 45m

Satsuma domain bully a store that is in their debt by trying to steal the storekeeper's girlfriend, and by framing them for theft. Only a man of stone can save Tamba-ya from destruction!

The Beat of a Taiko Drum in Edo

S01 E18 • Saturday, May 13, 1978 • May 13 • 45m

Yoshimune really wants to attend a festival in Edo, but he has important business to attend to in the palace. Jii says he can go out as long as he is back by 4 PM. This doesn't seem likely, since Yoshimune gets involved in a big fistfight and village drama.

A Ballad of a Fireman

S01 E19 • Saturday, May 20, 1978 • May 20 • 45m

Tatsugoro's family is indebted to a samurai family, so Tatsugoro gives the samurai family his very best fireman to adopt, since the samurai have no heir of their own. The other samurai do not like him.

Iris and Sympathy

S01 E20 • Saturday, May 27, 1978 • May 27 • 45m

Fireman's Standard was Watching

S01 E21 • Saturday, Jun 3, 1978 • Jun 3 • 45m

Friendships Support the World

S01 E22 • Saturday, Jun 17, 1978 • Jun 17 • 45m

Rage of the Fishmonger

S01 E23 • Saturday, Jun 24, 1978 • Jun 24 • 45m

The Dreadful Shichi-ri Messengers

S01 E24 • Saturday, Jul 1, 1978 • Jul 1 • 45m

Heavens! Great Trouble in Edo

S01 E25 • Saturday, Jul 8, 1978 • Jul 8 • 45m

The Drunken Man Who was Promoted

S01 E26 • Saturday, Jul 15, 1978 • Jul 15 • 45m

The Woman Who Challenged the Yagyu Family

S01 E27 • Saturday, Jul 22, 1978 • Jul 22 • 45m

A Flower Blooms in the Dark

S01 E28 • Saturday, Jul 29, 1978 • Jul 29 • 45m

The Goofiest Pickpocket in Edo

S01 E29 • Saturday, Aug 19, 1978 • Aug 19 • 45m

The Misjudged Betrayer

S01 E30 • Saturday, Sep 9, 1978 • Sep 9 • 45m

The Woman Who Disappeared from the Hunting Ground

S01 E31 • Saturday, Sep 16, 1978 • Sep 16 • 45m

The Best Announcement of the Winner in Japan

S01 E32 • Saturday, Sep 23, 1978 • Sep 23 • 45m

Ryuko and Isonokaze were sumo wrestlers for a clan who tried to make them throw a match. Ryuko hides out at the fire house and meets Shin-san, who is very excitable and really, really wants to wrestle him. Eventually Shin-san learns of the wrestling drama that is unfolding...

A Daimyo's Famed Shiruko Restaurant

S01 E33 • Saturday, Sep 30, 1978 • Sep 30 • 45m

A certain han ruled by a child lord is having money trouble, so one of the han's samurai starts a sweet bean soup restaurant to try and raise funds. The samurai has some trouble getting customers...

The Women Who Dance in a Tempest

S01 E34 • Saturday, Oct 7, 1978 • Oct 7 • 45m

The Bride with an Explosive

S01 E35 • Saturday, Oct 14, 1978 • Oct 14 • 45m

A land reclamation project is taking place largely with Shogunate funds, carried out by contract with 2 companies (which are marrying their kids together as the ultimate symbol of the contract). One of the companies invents a bomb with a long fuse, to blow up a mountainous area in the reclamation zone. The other company decides to assassinate the first company, and steals the bomb...

The Deceiving Mole Under a Woman's Eye

S01 E36 • Saturday, Oct 21, 1978 • Oct 21 • 45m

Feel Her Heart

S01 E37 • Saturday, Oct 28, 1978 • Oct 28 • 45m

The Woman Who Challenged Her Master

S01 E38 • Saturday, Nov 4, 1978 • Nov 4 • 45m

A Sweet Snare from RyuKyu

S01 E39 • Saturday, Nov 11, 1978 • Nov 11 • 45m

Go! The Prodogy of the Commoners

S01 E40 • Saturday, Nov 18, 1978 • Nov 18 • 45m

Hara-Kiri! The Drunkard Magistrate

S01 E41 • Saturday, Dec 2, 1978 • Dec 2 • 45m

A Hot Man and a Brazen Hussy

S01 E42 • Saturday, Dec 9, 1978 • Dec 9 • 45m

The Shogun's Secret Ninja

S01 E43 • Saturday, Dec 16, 1978 • Dec 16 • 45m

Female ninja Osono's dad Seiemon comes to town. He is now a cotton-farming country samurai. Needs dried sardines for fertilizer. The hatamoto of sardineland is driving the fishermens' prices down so all the farmers secretly sell to Seiemon. The merchant tries to assassinate Seiemon and fails, since Seiemon is a ninja. Seiemon stays at the firehouse and plans to secretly assassinate the criminals, then kill himself, because he's depressed.

Fresh Blood on the Bestowed Sword

S01 E44 • Saturday, Dec 23, 1978 • Dec 23 • 45m

The Counterfeit Coins and the Candy Man

S01 E45 • Saturday, Dec 30, 1978 • Dec 30 • 45m

A man makes little pretty sugar candies for kids and tells funny stories. He used to be a counterfeiter because of his great manual dexterity, but vowed to turn his life around. Shin-san becomes interested in candy just when the guy's old friends force him to counterfeit again...

A Grand New Year's Gift

S01 E46 • Saturday, Jan 6, 1979 • Jan 6 • 45m

The Female Doctor with a Fist

S01 E47 • Saturday, Jan 13, 1979 • Jan 13 • 45m

Edo is invigorated by an unusually aggressive and outspoken female doctor, Oshino, who physically beats her patients if they do not obey her.

Hell in the Heavenly Bath

S01 E48 • Saturday, Jan 20, 1979 • Jan 20 • 45m

The Pen is Mightier Than The Sword

S01 E49 • Saturday, Jan 27, 1979 • Jan 27 • 45m

The Great Packed Lunch of a Woman

S01 E50 • Saturday, Feb 3, 1979 • Feb 3 • 45m