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The Best Episodes of The Unfettered Shogun

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...

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    #1 - The Star of Edo

    S1:E1

    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.

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    #2 - The Remarkable Charlatan

    S1:E2

    Ogyu Shosen is called a quack doctor, but Yoshimune thinks he should be made surgeon-general.

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    #3 - The First Fireman Banner

    S1:E3

    Hatamoto firemen are causing a nuisance and thieving in town, so fiery Tatsugoro and his gang of construction workers aim to take them down.

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    #4 - Mother From Long Past

    S1:E4

    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).

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    #5 - Spring in the O'oku

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    #6 - The Splendid Potato Samurai

    S1:E6

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    #7 - The Man of River Styx

    S1:E7

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    #8 - The Befouled Truncheon

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    #9 - The Chivalrous Thief

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    #10 - The Blossoming Meyasubako

    S1:E10

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    #11 - The Finest Kiyari Song

    S1:E11

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    #12 - The Amazing Kishu Woman

    S1:E12

    Yoshimune's old friend from Kishu, a female lumberjack, comes to Edo to engage in lumber trade, but gets in trouble.

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    #13 - The Perilous Souvenir Gift

    S1:E13

    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.

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    #14 - The Golden Crow Charms

    S1:E14

    Fireman Genzo wins the lottery, but is then reported to the police for having a forged ticket.

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    #15 - The Quack Who Calls Forth Spring

    S1:E15

    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.

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    #16 - Showdown at Beautiful Yoshiwara

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    #17 - Love and the Guardian Deity

    S1:E17

    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!

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    #18 - The Beat of a Taiko Drum in Edo

    S1:E18

    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.

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    #19 - A Ballad of a Fireman

    S1:E19

    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.

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    #20 - Iris and Sympathy

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    #21 - Fireman's Standard was Watching

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    #22 - Friendships Support the World

    S1:E22

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    #23 - Rage of the Fishmonger

    S1:E23

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    #24 - The Dreadful Shichi-ri Messengers

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    #25 - Heavens! Great Trouble in Edo

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Star of Edo" is the best rated episode of "The Unfettered Shogun". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/7/1978. This episode scored NaN points higher than the second highest rated, "The Remarkable Charlatan".