Gokenin Zankurō

Gokenin Zankurō (御家人斬九郎) is a novel by Renzaburō Shibata. The protagonist of this jidaigeki is Matsudaira Zankurō, a low-ranking gokenin in the service of the Tokugawa shogunate. He lives with his mother Masajo in the shogunal capital of Edo. Other characters include his fiancée Matsudaira Sumi, old friend Nishio Denzaburō, and favorite geisha Otsuta.

Gokenin Zankurō
Also known as御家人斬九郎
GenreJidaigeki
Directed byKōsei Saitō
Eiichi Kudo
StarringKen Watanabe
Kyōko Kishida
Mayumi Wakamura
Country of originJapan
Original language(s)Japanese
Production
Running time45 minutes (per episode)
Production company(s)Kyoto Eiga
Release
Original networkFuji TV
Original release1997 
2001

From 1995 to 2002 Gokenin Zankurō was also a prime-time television series on the Fuji Television network in Japan. Ken Watanabe played the lead, with Kyōko Kishida as his mother and Mayumi Wakamura as the geisha (Tsutakichi in the series). Watanabe directed the final episode.


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