Shinichiro Sawai
Director
The Secret 18th Group (1996)
Season 1
During the Edo period, the eighth Tokugawa shōgun, Yoshimune, officially had 17 families of oniwaban, his private ninja guards. They were known as "The Secret 18th Group." Months after Yoshimune's death, his fourth son, Hitotsubashi, asks Kane Ametaro, a hairdresser, to put the group back together. The other members of the secret 18th group include Miki, a doctor; Otojirō, a chef; and Inokichi, an acrobat. The group members have their doubts and internal conflicts about how to live their lives as "secret agents," but when various injustices occur in Edo... they have no other option but to unite and begin clearing the darkness together.
Released Jan. 27, 1996
Episode 42 min
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S1E1 - Evil Judgement - The Woman Awaiting Her Bridal Make-Up
Jan. 27, 1996, midnight
S1E2 - Watching the Sad Woman in Light Make-Up
Feb. 3, 1996, midnight
S1E3 - The Little Witness and the Mystery of the Walking Corpse
Feb. 10, 1996, midnight
S1E4 - Deadly Blade Make-Up and Revenge of a Woman
Feb. 17, 1996, midnight
S1E5 - Proving the Innocence of Love That Fell Into the Trap
Feb. 24, 1996, midnight
S1E6 - The Woman Who Erased Her Past
March 2, 1996, midnight
S1E7 - Inside the Palace of Edo, the Twisted Love of a Mother
March 9, 1996, midnight
S1E8 - Absent Love Between Siblings
March 16, 1996, midnight
S1E9 - The Funeral Woman the Evil Organization's Come Back
March 23, 1996, midnight
S1E10 - Women's Theater of Swords - Yumenojo Kikamura
March 30, 1996, midnight
S1E11 - The Flower of Vice, the Betrayal of the Promise
April 6, 1996, midnight
S1E12 - Wife Murderer - The Cursed Fugitive
April 13, 1996, midnight
S1E13 - Lost Path - The Extorted Wife
April 20, 1996, midnight
S1E14 - Lies - The Pleasure of a Lover
April 27, 1996, midnight
S1E15 - Evil - The Son without Parents and the Mother without Children
May 4, 1996, midnight
S1E16 - Kidnapping - The Woman Who is Afraid of Fire
May 11, 1996, midnight
S1E17 - Cold Blooded Woman Unmasks the Killer
May 18, 1996, midnight
S1E18 - Separated Partners - Love Song for a Fugitive's Wife
May 25, 1996, midnight
S1E19 - Female Tenacity - Dark Judgement for Bribery
June 1, 1996, midnight
Network: tv asahi
Episode Runtime: 42 min.
Season Runtime: 801 min.
Released: Jan. 27, 1996
Last Air Date: June 1, 1996, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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