Season 1
Episodes
1. The Star of Edo
1978-01-07
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.
2. The Remarkable Charlatan
1978-01-14
Ogyu Shosen is called a quack doctor, but Yoshimune thinks he should be made surgeon-general.
3. The First Fireman Banner
1978-01-21
Hatamoto firemen are causing a nuisance and thieving in town, so fiery Tatsugoro and his gang of construction workers aim to take them down.
4. Mother From Long Past
1978-01-28
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).
5. Spring in the O'oku
1978-02-04
No overview available.
6. The Splendid Potato Samurai
1978-02-11
No overview available.
7. The Man of River Styx
1978-02-25
No overview available.
8. The Befouled Truncheon
1978-03-04
No overview available.
9. The Chivalrous Thief
1978-03-11
No overview available.
10. The Blossoming Meyasubako
1978-03-18
No overview available.
11. The Finest Kiyari Song
1978-03-25
No overview available.
12. The Amazing Kishu Woman
1978-04-01
Yoshimune's old friend from Kishu, a female lumberjack, comes to Edo to engage in lumber trade, but gets in trouble.
13. The Perilous Souvenir Gift
1978-04-08
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.
14. The Golden Crow Charms
1978-04-15
Fireman Genzo wins the lottery, but is then reported to the police for having a forged ticket.
15. The Quack Who Calls Forth Spring
1978-04-22
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.
16. Showdown at Beautiful Yoshiwara
1978-04-29
No overview available.
17. Love and the Guardian Deity
1978-05-06
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!
18. The Beat of a Taiko Drum in Edo
1978-05-13
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.
19. A Ballad of a Fireman
1978-05-20
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.
20. Iris and Sympathy
1978-05-27
No overview available.
21. Fireman's Standard was Watching
1978-06-03
No overview available.
22. Friendships Support the World
1978-06-17
No overview available.
23. Rage of the Fishmonger
1978-06-24
No overview available.
24. The Dreadful Shichi-ri Messengers
1978-07-01
No overview available.
25. Heavens! Great Trouble in Edo
1978-07-08
No overview available.
26. The Drunken Man Who was Promoted
1978-07-15
No overview available.
27. The Woman Who Challenged the Yagyu Family
1978-07-22
No overview available.
28. A Flower Blooms in the Dark
1978-07-29
No overview available.
29. The Goofiest Pickpocket in Edo
1978-08-19
No overview available.
30. The Misjudged Betrayer
1978-09-09
No overview available.
31. The Woman Who Disappeared from the Hunting Ground
1978-09-16
No overview available.
32. The Best Announcement of the Winner in Japan
1978-09-23
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...
33. A Daimyo's Famed Shiruko Restaurant
1978-09-30
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...
34. The Women Who Dance in a Tempest
1978-10-07
No overview available.
35. The Bride with an Explosive
1978-10-14
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...
36. The Deceiving Mole Under a Woman's Eye
1978-10-21
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37. Feel Her Heart
1978-10-28
No overview available.
38. The Woman Who Challenged Her Master
1978-11-04
No overview available.
39. A Sweet Snare from RyuKyu
1978-11-11
No overview available.
40. Go! The Prodogy of the Commoners
1978-11-18
No overview available.
41. Hara-Kiri! The Drunkard Magistrate
1978-12-02
No overview available.
42. A Hot Man and a Brazen Hussy
1978-12-09
No overview available.
43. The Shogun's Secret Ninja
1978-12-16
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.
44. Fresh Blood on the Bestowed Sword
1978-12-23
No overview available.
45. The Counterfeit Coins and the Candy Man
1978-12-30
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...
46. A Grand New Year's Gift
1979-01-06
No overview available.
47. The Female Doctor with a Fist
1979-01-13
Edo is invigorated by an unusually aggressive and outspoken female doctor, Oshino, who physically beats her patients if they do not obey her.
48. Hell in the Heavenly Bath
1979-01-20
No overview available.
49. The Pen is Mightier Than The Sword
1979-01-27
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50. The Great Packed Lunch of a Woman
1979-02-03
No overview available.
51. The Bride of the Fish Market
1979-02-10
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52. The Downfall of Ooka Echizen No Kami
1979-02-17
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...
53. The Best Dry Sake for Mother and Son
1979-02-24
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.
54. The Female Doctor Who Loves Money
1979-03-03
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.
55. This Small Incident Occured Ten Years Ago
1979-03-10
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.
56. The Man Who Died in the Light Snowfalls in Spring
1979-03-17
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.
57. Eliminations of Black Sheep
1979-03-24
No overview available.
58. The Best Cherry Blossom Dance in Edo
1979-03-31
No overview available.
59. The Firemen's Standard is the Firemen's Heart and Soul
1979-04-07
No overview available.
60. Only the Sun Knew
1979-04-14
No overview available.
61. The Perished Love in a Spring Storm
1979-04-21
No overview available.
62. A Single Flower in the Dark
1979-04-28
No overview available.
63. The Fallen Flower in the Game of Chance
1979-05-05
No overview available.
64. Holding a Fire Standard for a Spear
1979-05-12
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65. The Troublesome Tea Urn Trip
1979-05-19
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66. Daruma Smiled on Joshu Road
1979-05-26
No overview available.
67. Commissioner Ooka Committs Hara-Kiri!
1979-06-02
No overview available.
68. A Bogus Complaint
1979-06-09
No overview available.
69. Very Proud of the Celebrated Sword
1979-06-16
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.
70. A Loach Pot Rather Than A Domain
1979-06-23
No overview available.
71. The Best Godfather in Japan
1979-06-30
No overview available.
72. Revenge Colored with Safflowers
1979-07-07
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.
73. A Man Passionate About the Snow on Mount Fuji
1979-07-14
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.
74. Kick the Edo Illness Out!
1979-07-21
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).
75. Gorozaemon Kano's Disappearance
1979-08-11
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.
76. Suspicion Begets Idle Fears
1979-08-18
A lord lets 3 master ghost actresses into his house as maids, somehow doesn't connect this with supernatural happenings in his house.
77. The Bride That Came From Kishu
1979-08-25
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.
78. A Man Hunting the Whole Country
1979-09-08
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.
79. Peerless! The Taste of Momma
1979-09-15
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.
80. The Direct Retainers of the Shogun Run Wild
1979-09-22
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.
81. Heroes in the Darkness
1979-09-29
No overview available.
82. Angelic Neighborhood Bully
1979-10-13
No overview available.
83. Thief Targeting the Nation
1979-10-20
No overview available.
84. O-sai Flies!
1979-10-27
No overview available.
85. Mount Fuji Saw The Wild Spear
1979-11-03
No overview available.
86. The Shogun Permitted a Thief
1979-11-10
No overview available.
87. Bullet Aiming At 8 Million Koku
1979-11-17
No overview available.
88. Burn! Even If You Must Die
1979-11-24
No overview available.
89. Embarrased To Recieve Flowers in Congratulation
1979-12-01
No overview available.
90. Beast Battle! Master Tatsugoro
1979-12-08
No overview available.
91. Duel! In the Stormy Castle
1979-12-15
No overview available.
92. Cheers! Quack Doctor
1979-12-22
No overview available.
93. The Will of the Raging Samurai
1979-12-29
No overview available.
94. The Lanterns of Early Spring and Noon Emerge
1980-01-05
No overview available.
95. I Saw a Rainbow in the Sea of Flames
1980-01-12
No overview available.
96. Get the Vermin Out of the Castle!
1980-01-19
No overview available.
97. I Don't Need a Mother!
1980-01-26
No overview available.
98. The Girl From the Wolf Village
1980-02-02
No overview available.
99. A Dohyori of Fire!
1980-02-09
No overview available.
100. The Fake Shogun
1980-02-16
No overview available.
101. The Eight Million Koku Porter
1980-02-23
No overview available.
102. The Collector Who Collected the Villain's Head
1980-03-01
No overview available.
103. Catastrophe! We Shouldn't Have Gotten Out of the Way!
1980-03-08
No overview available.
104. Japan's Most Wanted Bride
1980-03-22
No overview available.
105. Stop! Uncontrolled Official Carriage
1980-03-29
No overview available.
106. What is a Shogun?
1980-04-05
No overview available.
107. Watch Out! A Female Spy
1980-04-12
No overview available.
108. The Man Who Gives Orders to the Shogun!
1980-04-19
No overview available.
109. Snacks Delight on a Sunny Day
1980-04-26
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110. Youth of Edo, Stand Up!
1980-05-03
No overview available.
111. Love Blossoms in Ubasuteyama!
1980-05-10
No overview available.
112. The Proud and Naive Samurai
1980-05-17
No overview available.
113. The Man Who Didn't Stop
1980-05-24
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114. I Saw the Real One! The Hayabusa Brat
1980-05-31
No overview available.
115. Beware of the Quick Bucks
1980-06-07
No overview available.
116. The Man Who Died and Flourished
1980-06-14
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117. Courage in the Face of Injustice
1980-06-21
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118. Thief Training
1980-06-28
No overview available.
119. The Fox Woman Cries, the Banner of Empathy
1980-07-05
No overview available.
120. The Princess Take - Tears from a Wedding Procession
1980-07-12
No overview available.
121. The Flourishing of the Female Bushido
1980-07-19
No overview available.
122. The Sad Song of the South
1980-07-26
No overview available.
123. The New Boss! - Osai, of the Fire Extinguisher
1980-08-02
No overview available.
124. The One Who Stood Out After Being at Risk of Drowning
1980-08-09
No overview available.
125. Floating Lanterns That Mark a New Beginning in a Man's Life
1980-08-16
No overview available.
126. Love Sold for 20,000 Ryu
1980-08-23
No overview available.
127. The Trap in the Wolf Village
1980-08-30
No overview available.
128. Melancholy Ninja Love
1980-09-06
No overview available.
129. Dad, You Used to Be Someone
1980-09-13
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130. My Childhood Friend is an Oku Woman
1980-09-27
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131. There was a Bullet in the Clam Chowder!
1980-10-04
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132. Run! The Shogun's Horse!
1980-10-11
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133. Listen! The Chronicles of the Old Man and the Young Master
1980-10-18
No overview available.
134. A Silly Dance in an Oily Hell
1980-10-25
No overview available.
135. Duel on the Steam of Hell
1980-11-01
No overview available.
136. The Woman Who Bet on the Mountain of Fire
1980-11-08
No overview available.
137. Edo's Female Chief
1980-11-15
No overview available.
138. Hakone's Melancholic Drizzle
1980-11-22
No overview available.
139. The One Who Flirted Was to Blame
1980-11-29
No overview available.
140. The Wild Spear Everyone Fears
1980-12-06
No overview available.
141. The Bandit Harusame's Mother
1980-12-20
No overview available.
142. Munenryu Shintoism and Confucianism According to the Hayashi Clan
1980-12-27
No overview available.
143. I Am the Most Unpleasant Person in the World
1981-01-10
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.
144. One Life For One Isshou of Shochu
1981-01-17
No overview available.
145. The Silent Man's Divorce Letter
1981-01-24
No overview available.
146. Ah! Justice Has Tears!
1981-01-31
No overview available.
147. Megumi Clan's Love Bridge
1981-02-07
No overview available.
148. Japan's Number One Little Thief
1981-02-14
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149. Tops Spinning Beneath a False Union
1981-02-21
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150. The White Waves That Shame the Flowers
1981-02-28
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151. Sado, the Shining Yellow
1981-03-07
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152. The Shogun, the Horse Thief, and the Brat
1981-03-14
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153. When a Man Sparks
1981-03-21
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154. The Love That Blooms Inside a Coffin
1981-03-28
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155. I Don't Want to Be the Shogun's Bride
1981-04-11
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156. Jongara with a Munen-Ryu Kid
1981-04-18
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157. The Cursed Box of 1000 Ryos
1981-04-25
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158. Hell's Bells Ring at 6.00 p.m
1981-05-02
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159. Rest in Peace, Onaka - The Flowing Lanterns
1981-05-09
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160. The Flowers That Fall Without Waiting for Spring
1981-05-16
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161. The One Who Smiled in the End
1981-05-23
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162. The Blooming Ginseng Flower That the Firefighter's Matoi Made Flourish
1981-05-30
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163. The Cowardly Samurai Who Made a Demon Woman Cry
1981-06-06
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164. Break the Chains of the Heart With Human Kindness
1981-06-13
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165. Whose Ungrateful Son is it
1981-06-20
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166. Promise of the Bell the Girl With Bangs and a Sword
1981-06-27
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167. The Decisive Duel of the Lantern Samurai
1981-07-04
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168. Legitimate Marital Fight
1981-07-11
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169. Clear Sky - The Hungry Lancer
1981-07-18
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170. The Duel! Blood in the Fuefuki River of Koshu
1981-08-01
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171. Burning Tears of the Traitor
1981-08-08
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172. The Flower in the Shadow That Made a Man Bloom
1981-08-15
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173. Waves of the Seto Maiden
1981-08-22
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174. Onomichi - Sunset of Revenge
1981-08-29
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175. The Million Kokus Dependent
1981-09-05
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176. The Bond of Hatred Between Father and Daughter
1981-09-12
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177. The Morning When Demons Wept
1981-09-19
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178. The Bet For the Dance Fan in the Sumo Ring
1981-09-26
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179. The Samurai Tanuki Performs a Great Feat
1981-10-03
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180. The Man Who Steals While Preaching
1981-10-10
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181. Oath of Brothers
1981-10-17
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182. The One Who Eats From the Table and the One Who Doesn't
1981-10-24
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183. The Night Flower That Blooms Once
1981-10-31
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184. The Man Who Danced in the Shadows
1981-11-07
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185. The Man Who Danced in the Shadows
1981-11-14
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186. The Love Story of a Man and His Taiko Drum
1981-11-21
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187. Sorry, Shogun! The Change of a Monk
1981-11-28
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188. Call of the Storm! The Bride From Megumi
1981-12-05
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189. The Heart of a Mother That Made Demons Cry
1981-12-12
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190. The Number One Rain Man in Japan
1981-12-19
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191. Cold Wind of Yoshiwara, Tears of a Woman
1981-12-26
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192. Laughter and Tears, The Dramatic Life of the People of Kawachi
1982-01-09
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193. The First Snow is the Make-Up of the Dead of a Sad Woman
1982-01-16
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194. The Poor and Nameless Grass
1982-01-23
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195. The Fragrance of the Sea, Tastes Like Mama
1982-01-30
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196. Why Sadness in Sharing an Umbrella?
1982-02-06
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197. A Remora That is More Frightening Than a Pufferfish
1982-02-13
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198. Sadness. Fallen Flowers of Those Who Stay
1982-02-20
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199. The Villain Who Laughed Last
1982-02-27
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200. Laughter and Tears, Three Girls From Edo
1982-03-06
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201. The Greatest Achievement of a Drunken Jitte
1982-03-13
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202. The Tale of the Fame of the Fool Kanpachi
1982-03-20
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203. The Flower That Disappeared in an Avalanche
1982-03-27
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204. Farewell Flower, Night Gust
1982-04-10
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205. Spring Has Come Again! Spouses' Kanzashi
1982-04-17
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206. You're a Child. Don't Cry, Torokichi!
1982-04-24
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207. The Farewell of the 808 Towns
1982-05-01
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