S1E1 - The Star of Edo
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.
Jan. 7, 1978, midnight
S1E2 - The Remarkable Charlatan
Ogyu Shosen is called a quack doctor, but Yoshimune thinks he should be made surgeon-general.
Jan. 14, 1978, midnight
S1E3 - The First Fireman Banner
Hatamoto firemen are causing a nuisance and thieving in town, so fiery Tatsugoro and his gang of construction workers aim to take them down.
Jan. 21, 1978, midnight
S1E4 - Mother From Long Past
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).
Jan. 28, 1978, midnight
S1E5 - Spring in the O'oku
Feb. 4, 1978, midnight
S1E6 - The Splendid Potato Samurai
Feb. 11, 1978, midnight
S1E7 - The Man of River Styx
Feb. 25, 1978, midnight
S1E8 - The Befouled Truncheon
March 4, 1978, midnight
S1E9 - The Chivalrous Thief
March 11, 1978, midnight
S1E10 - The Blossoming Meyasubako
March 18, 1978, midnight
S1E11 - The Finest Kiyari Song
March 25, 1978, midnight
S1E12 - The Amazing Kishu Woman
Yoshimune's old friend from Kishu, a female lumberjack, comes to Edo to engage in lumber trade, but gets in trouble.
April 1, 1978, midnight
S1E13 - The Perilous Souvenir Gift
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.
April 8, 1978, midnight
S1E14 - The Golden Crow Charms
Fireman Genzo wins the lottery, but is then reported to the police for having a forged ticket.
April 15, 1978, midnight
S1E15 - The Quack Who Calls Forth Spring
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.
April 22, 1978, midnight
S1E16 - Showdown at Beautiful Yoshiwara
April 29, 1978, midnight
S1E17 - Love and the Guardian Deity
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!
May 6, 1978, midnight
S1E18 - The Beat of a Taiko Drum in Edo
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.
May 13, 1978, midnight
S1E19 - A Ballad of a Fireman
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.
May 20, 1978, midnight
S1E20 - Iris and Sympathy
May 27, 1978, midnight
S1E21 - Fireman's Standard was Watching
June 3, 1978, midnight
S1E22 - Friendships Support the World
June 17, 1978, midnight
S1E23 - Rage of the Fishmonger
June 24, 1978, midnight
S1E24 - The Dreadful Shichi-ri Messengers
July 1, 1978, midnight
S1E25 - Heavens! Great Trouble in Edo
July 8, 1978, midnight
S1E26 - The Drunken Man Who was Promoted
July 15, 1978, midnight
S1E27 - The Woman Who Challenged the Yagyu Family
July 22, 1978, midnight
S1E28 - A Flower Blooms in the Dark
July 29, 1978, midnight
S1E29 - The Goofiest Pickpocket in Edo
Aug. 19, 1978, midnight
S1E30 - The Misjudged Betrayer
Sept. 9, 1978, midnight
S1E31 - The Woman Who Disappeared from the Hunting Ground
Sept. 16, 1978, midnight
S1E32 - The Best Announcement of the Winner in Japan
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...
Sept. 23, 1978, midnight
S1E33 - A Daimyo's Famed Shiruko Restaurant
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...
Sept. 30, 1978, midnight
S1E34 - The Women Who Dance in a Tempest
Oct. 7, 1978, midnight
S1E35 - The Bride with an Explosive
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...
Oct. 14, 1978, midnight
S1E36 - The Deceiving Mole Under a Woman's Eye
Oct. 21, 1978, midnight
S1E37 - Feel Her Heart
Oct. 28, 1978, midnight
S1E38 - The Woman Who Challenged Her Master
Nov. 4, 1978, midnight
S1E39 - A Sweet Snare from RyuKyu
Nov. 11, 1978, midnight
S1E40 - Go! The Prodogy of the Commoners
Nov. 18, 1978, midnight
S1E41 - Hara-Kiri! The Drunkard Magistrate
Dec. 2, 1978, midnight
S1E42 - A Hot Man and a Brazen Hussy
Dec. 9, 1978, midnight
S1E43 - The Shogun's Secret Ninja
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.
Dec. 16, 1978, midnight
S1E44 - Fresh Blood on the Bestowed Sword
Dec. 23, 1978, midnight
S1E45 - The Counterfeit Coins and the Candy Man
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...
Dec. 30, 1978, midnight
S1E46 - A Grand New Year's Gift
Jan. 6, 1979, midnight
S1E47 - The Female Doctor with a Fist
Edo is invigorated by an unusually aggressive and outspoken female doctor, Oshino, who physically beats her patients if they do not obey her.
Jan. 13, 1979, midnight
S1E48 - Hell in the Heavenly Bath
Jan. 20, 1979, midnight
S1E49 - The Pen is Mightier Than The Sword
Jan. 27, 1979, midnight
S1E50 - The Great Packed Lunch of a Woman
Feb. 3, 1979, midnight
S1E51 - The Bride of the Fish Market
Feb. 10, 1979, midnight
S1E52 - The Downfall of Ooka Echizen No Kami
A bad gang leader kidnaps Tadasuke's wife (who never appeared before or since), as she went to the shrine to pray for a baby. Tadasuke decides that justice outweighs his bride and prepares to prosecute the gang leader anyway, so Shin-san lets the prisoner go secretly to try and follow him to Tadasuke's bride...
Feb. 17, 1979, midnight
S1E53 - The Best Dry Sake for Mother and Son
Clannish Edoite sake sellers turn against a travelling Osakan female sake seller to force her out of the market; only her long-lost son, an Edoite sake seller, can save her.
Feb. 24, 1979, midnight
S1E54 - The Female Doctor Who Loves Money
Oshino, the female doctor with a fist, is in charge of a temple that gives free medical service to orphans, but it is reputed that she is stealing all the money instead.
March 3, 1979, midnight
S1E55 - This Small Incident Occured Ten Years Ago
Shoheiko, the official Shogunate college, has an admissions scandal where the bureaucrats turn out to have been accepting bribes for admissions. Yoshimune suggests opening it to commoners and calls up some obscure scholars; the vicious bureaucrats attack and kill one. Shin-san absolutely loses his mind, but Tatsugoro is there to give him a helping hand.
March 10, 1979, midnight
S1E56 - The Man Who Died in the Light Snowfalls in Spring
Ryuko's friend is killed by a rice wholesaler. Shin-san investigates this and discovers a whole sordid rice-based drama, including collective punishment, famine, and assassination.
March 17, 1979, midnight
S1E57 - Eliminations of Black Sheep
March 24, 1979, midnight
S1E58 - The Best Cherry Blossom Dance in Edo
March 31, 1979, midnight
S1E59 - The Firemen's Standard is the Firemen's Heart and Soul
April 7, 1979, midnight
S1E60 - Only the Sun Knew
April 14, 1979, midnight
S1E61 - The Perished Love in a Spring Storm
April 21, 1979, midnight
S1E62 - A Single Flower in the Dark
April 28, 1979, midnight
S1E63 - The Fallen Flower in the Game of Chance
May 5, 1979, midnight
S1E64 - Holding a Fire Standard for a Spear
May 12, 1979, midnight
S1E65 - The Troublesome Tea Urn Trip
May 19, 1979, midnight
S1E66 - Daruma Smiled on Joshu Road
May 26, 1979, midnight
S1E67 - Commissioner Ooka Committs Hara-Kiri!
June 2, 1979, midnight
S1E68 - A Bogus Complaint
June 9, 1979, midnight
S1E69 - Very Proud of the Celebrated Sword
An unbalanced ronin wants to become the sword teacher to a daimyo, so he can get enough money to buy back his really sexy sword from the pawn shop. However, a competitor attacks him, crippling the ronin's hand. Shin-san is really mad about this, even though the ronin attacked him earlier.
June 16, 1979, midnight
S1E70 - A Loach Pot Rather Than A Domain
June 23, 1979, midnight
S1E71 - The Best Godfather in Japan
June 30, 1979, midnight
S1E72 - Revenge Colored with Safflowers
A pregnant safflower farmer's husband is run over by the local lord's horse. She's lured to the daikan's office to get compensated but is raped and turned into the lord's concubine instead. She schemes to have herself murdered so Ooka Echizen will enter the manor and discover these great crimes.
July 7, 1979, midnight
S1E73 - A Man Passionate About the Snow on Mount Fuji
A kind but untalented kitchen-supervisor samurai is assigned to accompany his domain's gift to the Shogun: big blocks of ice. Shin-san, tramping around Shinjuku, accidentally discovers this delivery and starts accompanying it too, and discovers a rival domain is trying to kill the ice to humiliate the first domain.
July 14, 1979, midnight
S1E74 - Kick the Edo Illness Out!
A mysterious illness (beriberi) becomes common and Yoshimune calls his doctor to find out what the cause is. His doctor says only his own special blend of medicine (very expensive) can cure it. Oshino, the female doctor with a fist, however, believes the solution is more simple (and involves punching people).
July 21, 1979, midnight
S1E75 - Gorozaemon Kano's Disappearance
Kano Gorozaemon, who is practically Yoshimune's adoptive father, goes out into Edo to get a surprise present for the Shogun, and is kidnapped by a nutter who wants to frame him for murder to steal his job.
Aug. 11, 1979, midnight
S1E76 - Suspicion Begets Idle Fears
A lord lets 3 master ghost actresses into his house as maids, somehow doesn't connect this with supernatural happenings in his house.
Aug. 18, 1979, midnight
S1E77 - The Bride That Came From Kishu
Kikue, the daughter of a potter, comes to Edo and meets her old friend Shin-san, who she recognizes as the Shogun. She came to marry Kano Gorozaemon, who proposed to her when she was eight (??!) but Kano backed out.
Aug. 25, 1979, midnight
S1E78 - A Man Hunting the Whole Country
The Ogobanshu (kind of like a guild of hatamotos) want to hunt, but in setting the borders of the hunting area they recklessly steal the corner of a VERY sensitive farmer's farm.
Sept. 8, 1979, midnight
S1E79 - Peerless! The Taste of Momma
Matsumae domain officials and the store Ebisu-ya are conspiring to give predatory loans to alcohol shops. Lady merchant Omasa from Osaka wants to get a better deal, and her son unfortunately took the debt from his main sake supplier, so now she needs to get money to save both their skins.
Sept. 15, 1979, midnight
S1E80 - The Direct Retainers of the Shogun Run Wild
Hatamotos, a domain, a runaway killer samurai from the domain, the firemen, and jii for some reason, all end up in a gigantic free for all fight.
Sept. 22, 1979, midnight
S1E81 - Heroes in the Darkness
Sept. 29, 1979, midnight
S1E82 - Angelic Neighborhood Bully
Oct. 13, 1979, midnight
S1E83 - Thief Targeting the Nation
Oct. 20, 1979, midnight
S1E84 - O-sai Flies!
Oct. 27, 1979, midnight
S1E85 - Mount Fuji Saw The Wild Spear
Nov. 3, 1979, midnight
S1E86 - The Shogun Permitted a Thief
Nov. 10, 1979, midnight
S1E87 - Bullet Aiming At 8 Million Koku
Nov. 17, 1979, midnight
S1E88 - Burn! Even If You Must Die
Nov. 24, 1979, midnight
S1E89 - Embarrased To Recieve Flowers in Congratulation
Dec. 1, 1979, midnight
S1E90 - Beast Battle! Master Tatsugoro
Dec. 8, 1979, midnight
S1E91 - Duel! In the Stormy Castle
Dec. 15, 1979, midnight
S1E92 - Cheers! Quack Doctor
Dec. 22, 1979, midnight
S1E93 - The Will of the Raging Samurai
Dec. 29, 1979, midnight
S1E94 - The Lanterns of Early Spring and Noon Emerge
Jan. 5, 1980, midnight
S1E95 - I Saw a Rainbow in the Sea of Flames
Jan. 12, 1980, midnight
S1E96 - Get the Vermin Out of the Castle!
Jan. 19, 1980, midnight
S1E97 - I Don't Need a Mother!
Jan. 26, 1980, midnight
S1E98 - The Girl From the Wolf Village
Feb. 2, 1980, midnight
S1E99 - A Dohyori of Fire!
Feb. 9, 1980, midnight
S1E100 - The Fake Shogun
Feb. 16, 1980, midnight
S1E101 - The Eight Million Koku Porter
Feb. 23, 1980, midnight
S1E102 - The Collector Who Collected the Villain's Head
March 1, 1980, midnight
S1E103 - Catastrophe! We Shouldn't Have Gotten Out of the Way!
March 8, 1980, midnight
S1E104 - Japan's Most Wanted Bride
March 22, 1980, midnight
S1E105 - Stop! Uncontrolled Official Carriage
March 29, 1980, midnight
S1E106 - What is a Shogun?
April 5, 1980, midnight
S1E107 - Watch Out! A Female Spy
April 12, 1980, midnight
S1E108 - The Man Who Gives Orders to the Shogun!
April 19, 1980, midnight
S1E109 - Snacks Delight on a Sunny Day
April 26, 1980, midnight
S1E110 - Youth of Edo, Stand Up!
May 3, 1980, midnight
S1E111 - Love Blossoms in Ubasuteyama!
May 10, 1980, midnight
S1E112 - The Proud and Naive Samurai
May 17, 1980, midnight
S1E113 - The Man Who Didn't Stop
May 24, 1980, midnight
S1E114 - I Saw the Real One! The Hayabusa Brat
May 31, 1980, midnight
S1E115 - Beware of the Quick Bucks
June 7, 1980, midnight
S1E116 - The Man Who Died and Flourished
June 14, 1980, midnight
S1E117 - Courage in the Face of Injustice
June 21, 1980, midnight
S1E118 - Thief Training
June 28, 1980, midnight
S1E119 - The Fox Woman Cries, the Banner of Empathy
July 5, 1980, midnight
S1E120 - The Princess Take - Tears from a Wedding Procession
July 12, 1980, midnight
S1E121 - The Flourishing of the Female Bushido
July 19, 1980, midnight
S1E122 - The Sad Song of the South
July 26, 1980, midnight
S1E123 - The New Boss! - Osai, of the Fire Extinguisher
Aug. 2, 1980, midnight
S1E124 - The One Who Stood Out After Being at Risk of Drowning
Aug. 9, 1980, midnight
S1E125 - Floating Lanterns That Mark a New Beginning in a Man's Life
Aug. 16, 1980, midnight
S1E126 - Love Sold for 20,000 Ryu
Aug. 23, 1980, midnight
S1E127 - The Trap in the Wolf Village
Aug. 30, 1980, midnight
S1E128 - Melancholy Ninja Love
Sept. 6, 1980, midnight
S1E129 - Dad, You Used to Be Someone
Sept. 13, 1980, midnight
S1E130 - My Childhood Friend is an Oku Woman
Sept. 27, 1980, midnight
S1E131 - There was a Bullet in the Clam Chowder!
Oct. 4, 1980, midnight
S1E132 - Run! The Shogun's Horse!
Oct. 11, 1980, midnight
S1E133 - Listen! The Chronicles of the Old Man and the Young Master
Oct. 18, 1980, midnight
S1E134 - A Silly Dance in an Oily Hell
Oct. 25, 1980, midnight
S1E135 - Duel on the Steam of Hell
Nov. 1, 1980, midnight
S1E136 - The Woman Who Bet on the Mountain of Fire
Nov. 8, 1980, midnight
S1E137 - Edo's Female Chief
Nov. 15, 1980, midnight
S1E138 - Hakone's Melancholic Drizzle
Nov. 22, 1980, midnight
S1E139 - The One Who Flirted Was to Blame
Nov. 29, 1980, midnight
S1E140 - The Wild Spear Everyone Fears
Dec. 6, 1980, midnight
S1E141 - The Bandit Harusame's Mother
Dec. 20, 1980, midnight
S1E142 - Munenryu Shintoism and Confucianism According to the Hayashi Clan
Dec. 27, 1980, midnight
S1E143 - I Am the Most Unpleasant Person in the World
Shin-san accidentally gets involved with two low-class thieving morons, to Tatsugoro's horror. Tatsugoro finally manages to get rid of them, and one of them is promptly killed by evil ninjas for having seen something he should not have. Yoshimune learns they were raising a bunch of orphans in an awful shack with their scammed money, and decides he must avenge the dead criminal.
Jan. 10, 1981, midnight
S1E144 - One Life For One Isshou of Shochu
Jan. 17, 1981, midnight
S1E145 - The Silent Man's Divorce Letter
Jan. 24, 1981, midnight
S1E146 - Ah! Justice Has Tears!
Jan. 31, 1981, midnight
S1E147 - Megumi Clan's Love Bridge
Feb. 7, 1981, midnight
S1E148 - Japan's Number One Little Thief
Feb. 14, 1981, midnight
S1E149 - Tops Spinning Beneath a False Union
Feb. 21, 1981, midnight
S1E150 - The White Waves That Shame the Flowers
Feb. 28, 1981, midnight
S1E151 - Sado, the Shining Yellow
March 7, 1981, midnight
S1E152 - The Shogun, the Horse Thief, and the Brat
March 14, 1981, midnight
S1E153 - When a Man Sparks
March 21, 1981, midnight
S1E154 - The Love That Blooms Inside a Coffin
March 28, 1981, midnight
S1E155 - I Don't Want to Be the Shogun's Bride
April 11, 1981, midnight
S1E156 - Jongara with a Munen-Ryu Kid
April 18, 1981, midnight
S1E157 - The Cursed Box of 1000 Ryos
April 25, 1981, midnight
S1E158 - Hell's Bells Ring at 6.00 p.m
May 2, 1981, midnight
S1E159 - Rest in Peace, Onaka - The Flowing Lanterns
May 9, 1981, midnight
S1E160 - The Flowers That Fall Without Waiting for Spring
May 16, 1981, midnight
S1E161 - The One Who Smiled in the End
May 23, 1981, midnight
S1E162 - The Blooming Ginseng Flower That the Firefighter's Matoi Made Flourish
May 30, 1981, midnight
S1E163 - The Cowardly Samurai Who Made a Demon Woman Cry
June 6, 1981, midnight
S1E164 - Break the Chains of the Heart With Human Kindness
June 13, 1981, midnight
S1E165 - Whose Ungrateful Son is it
June 20, 1981, midnight
S1E166 - Promise of the Bell the Girl With Bangs and a Sword
June 27, 1981, midnight
S1E167 - The Decisive Duel of the Lantern Samurai
July 4, 1981, midnight
S1E168 - Legitimate Marital Fight
July 11, 1981, midnight
S1E169 - Clear Sky - The Hungry Lancer
July 18, 1981, midnight
S1E170 - The Duel! Blood in the Fuefuki River of Koshu
Aug. 1, 1981, midnight
S1E171 - Burning Tears of the Traitor
Aug. 8, 1981, midnight
S1E172 - The Flower in the Shadow That Made a Man Bloom
Aug. 15, 1981, midnight
S1E173 - Waves of the Seto Maiden
Aug. 22, 1981, midnight
S1E174 - Onomichi - Sunset of Revenge
Aug. 29, 1981, midnight
S1E175 - The Million Kokus Dependent
Sept. 5, 1981, midnight
S1E176 - The Bond of Hatred Between Father and Daughter
Sept. 12, 1981, midnight
S1E177 - The Morning When Demons Wept
Sept. 19, 1981, midnight
S1E178 - The Bet For the Dance Fan in the Sumo Ring
Sept. 26, 1981, midnight
S1E179 - The Samurai Tanuki Performs a Great Feat
Oct. 3, 1981, midnight
S1E180 - The Man Who Steals While Preaching
Oct. 10, 1981, midnight
S1E181 - Oath of Brothers
Oct. 17, 1981, midnight
S1E182 - The One Who Eats From the Table and the One Who Doesn't
Oct. 24, 1981, midnight
S1E183 - The Night Flower That Blooms Once
Oct. 31, 1981, midnight
S1E184 - The Man Who Danced in the Shadows
Nov. 7, 1981, midnight
S1E185 - The Man Who Danced in the Shadows
Nov. 14, 1981, midnight
S1E186 - The Love Story of a Man and His Taiko Drum
Nov. 21, 1981, midnight
S1E187 - Sorry, Shogun! The Change of a Monk
Nov. 28, 1981, midnight
S1E188 - Call of the Storm! The Bride From Megumi
Dec. 5, 1981, midnight
S1E189 - The Heart of a Mother That Made Demons Cry
Dec. 12, 1981, midnight
S1E190 - The Number One Rain Man in Japan
Dec. 19, 1981, midnight
S1E191 - Cold Wind of Yoshiwara, Tears of a Woman
Dec. 26, 1981, midnight
S1E192 - Laughter and Tears, The Dramatic Life of the People of Kawachi
Jan. 9, 1982, midnight
S1E193 - The First Snow is the Make-Up of the Dead of a Sad Woman
Jan. 16, 1982, midnight
S1E194 - The Poor and Nameless Grass
Jan. 23, 1982, midnight
S1E195 - The Fragrance of the Sea, Tastes Like Mama
Jan. 30, 1982, midnight
S1E196 - Why Sadness in Sharing an Umbrella?
Feb. 6, 1982, midnight
S1E197 - A Remora That is More Frightening Than a Pufferfish
Feb. 13, 1982, midnight
S1E198 - Sadness. Fallen Flowers of Those Who Stay
Feb. 20, 1982, midnight
S1E199 - The Villain Who Laughed Last
Feb. 27, 1982, midnight
S1E200 - Laughter and Tears, Three Girls From Edo
March 6, 1982, midnight
S1E201 - The Greatest Achievement of a Drunken Jitte
March 13, 1982, midnight
S1E202 - The Tale of the Fame of the Fool Kanpachi
March 20, 1982, midnight
S1E203 - The Flower That Disappeared in an Avalanche
March 27, 1982, midnight
S1E204 - Farewell Flower, Night Gust
April 10, 1982, midnight
S1E205 - Spring Has Come Again! Spouses' Kanzashi
April 17, 1982, midnight
S1E206 - You're a Child. Don't Cry, Torokichi!
April 24, 1982, midnight
S1E207 - The Farewell of the 808 Towns
May 1, 1982, midnight