Abarenbō Shōgun (1978)
- Original title
- 暴れん坊将軍
- Directed by
- Ozawa Eisuke, Tomari Tsutomu, Ichikura Haruo, Morimoto Hirofumi
- Cast
- Matsudaira Ken, Yokochi Masashi, Tamura Ryo, Arishima Ichiro, Funakoshi Eiji, Kitajima Saburo, Yamamoto Joji, Hamahata Kenkichi
- Genre
- Jidaigeki
- Country
- Japan
- Length
- 12 seasons, 831 episodes
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 8 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A fictional version of the Tokugawa shogun Yoshimune secretly investigates corruption and abuses of power among his officials in 18th century Japan. He acts as a vigilante to expose and punish wrongdoers, restoring justice to the common people.
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What happens
The Unfettered Shogun (暴れん坊将軍) (Abarenbō Shōgun) was a Japanese television program on the TV Asahi network. Set in the eighteenth century, it showed fictitious events in the life of Yoshimune, the eighth Tokugawa shōgun. The program started in 1978 under the title Yoshimune Hyōbanki: Abarenbō Shōgun (Chronicle in Praise of Yoshimune: The Unfettered Shōgun) who went after rogue councilors and daimyō who were abusing their power. After a few seasons, they shortened the first two words and the show ran for two decades under the shorter title until the series ended in 2003; a two-hour special aired in 2004. The earliest scripts occasionally wove stories around historic events such as the establishment of firefighting companies of commoners in Edo, but eventually the series adopted a routine of strictly fiction. Along with Zenigata Heiji (1966–1984, 888 episodes) and Mito Kōmon (1969–2011, 1,227 episodes), it ranks among the longest-running series in the jidaigeki genre. Like many other jidaigeki, it falls in the category of kanzen-chōaku, which loosely translates to "rewarding good and punishing evil". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Yagyû Abaretabi (1980)- More like this series, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.