78
GreatGoodWatch scoreSummary
Zankuro Matsudaira (Ken Watanabe) is a low-grade vassal of the Tokugawa Shogun, forced to moonlight as a bodyguard and executioner to make ends meet.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Binge-friendly
Skip it if
- Graphic violence bothers you
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 77GoodWatch 79
IMDb7.7
Time to watch it all
38 h
50 episodes, about 45 min each
An episode a night: about 7 weeks.
Reach
Streams in 131 countries
+121First aired
1995
January 9, 1995
Ended 2002
Genre
DramaLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBinge-FriendlyPure EscapismThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 5 moreDirecting · 3
- Eiichi Kudō Director
- Kōsei Saitō Director
- Haruhiko Mimura Director
Writing · 2
- Narito Kaneko Screenplay
- Renzaburō Shibata Novel
Camera · 2
- Yukio Yada Director of Photography
- Akira Hamana Director of Photography
Sound · 1
- Masaru Satō Original Music Composer
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