Abarenbô Shôgun: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

One of the longest running Japanese television series, Abarendo Shogun is much like most other chambara features. The show's hero is the cheerful and generous shogun Yoshimune Tokugawa, who routinely disguises himself as Shinosuke Tokuda, the third son of a poor hatamoto (a bannerman retainer of a shogun).In this disguise, he mingles unnoticed with the public in the city of Edo.

Series details

• Title: Abarenbô Shôgun
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Premiere date: 1978-01-07
• Final broadcast date listed: 2002-09-09
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Asahi
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 55 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 74033
• IMDb ID: tt0220189
• TVDB ID: 266493

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1978-01-07; final listed air date 1979-09-29.
• Season 3: premiered 1989-08-19; final listed air date 1989-08-19.
• Season 4: premiered 1991-04-06; final listed air date 1991-04-06.
• Season 11: premiered 2001-07-05; final listed air date 2001-11-19.
• Season 12: premiered 2002-07-08; final listed air date 2002-09-09.

Source and licence

Adapted from Abarenbô Shôgun on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.