Set in the 18th century, the show follows the Shogun Yoshimune, who likes to disguise himself as a low-ranking samurai and go into his capital of Edo to see the life of the common man, as well as to seek out and punish evildoers who would hurt his citizens. He is aided by Magistrate Oo'oka and a vivacious fireman, Tatsugoro, as well as a rotating cast of other recurring characters. Along with Zenigata Heiji and Mito Kōmon, it ranks among the longest-running series in the jidaigeki genre. Like so many other jidaigeki, it falls in the category of kanzen-chōaku, loosely, "rewarding good and punishing evil."
Ken Matsudaira
Tokugawa Yoshimune
Saburo Kitajima
Tatsugoro
Tadashi Yokouchi
Oo'oka Echizen-no-Kami Tadasuke
Reiko Takashima
Kozue
Ryuko
Ryuko
Asahi Kurizuka
Yamada Asaemon
Hidetoshi Ueno
Toshimatsu
Akihiko Osada
Senta
Misaki Uchibori
Momo
Last Samurai Standing78%
Sengoku Youko68%
Samurai 770%
Hakuoki65%
BLUE EYE SAMURAI84%
Baki the Grappler78%
Shōgun76%
The World Ends with You: The Animation73%
Afro Samurai73%
Madan Senki Ryukendo84%
Into the Badlands76%
Claymore81%
Blade of the Immortal71%
Choushinsei Flashman75%
Kingdom76%
X73%
Initial D80%
Witch Hunter Robin72%
Berserk74%
BAKI80%
