Kanbei's Wandering Adventures

1973

Kanbei Hamidashi aka Tsukada Kambei was originally a direct retainer and head of a large group but could not fit into the organization and spent his days drinking and fighting. Such a Kambei receives an appointment as a secret inspector from Ometsuke Doi Masatoshi and sets out on a journey around various countries. A town girl Okon (accompanies him as a money watcher while Yoriki Ariga Tozaburo disguises himself as Senda to accompany him as an alcohol watcher. In addition to them, a "poverty god" disguised as a monk follows them as their watcher. Kambei punishes evil wherever he goes on his journey with his troublesome watchers.

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Seasons

24 Episodes • Premiered 1973

1. God and a Buddha

2. Sake is good in the end

3. Someone without flowers or fruit

4. The crazed flower bloomed

5. Golden dreams vanished

6. The rusted jitte cried

7. The Night where even the demons weep

8. The Wind of Impermanence

9. Medicine can be a friend or an enemy

10. The buried treasure is just a dream

11. This one won't be forgiven even by the heavens

12. The brutal and heartless end

13. The vigor vanished in an instant

14. When the fog clears, spring.

15. When the fog clears, spring comes.

16. Lawlessness is the road not taken.

17. Sometimes it was a good day.

18. Flower must not be broken

19. A flower bloomed in an empty house.

20. He cried over a dream of a nap.

21. After the rain comes sunshine

22. The illegitimate child is the enemy

23. Facing enemies in every direction.

24. A brilliant Japanese dawn

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Kanbei's Wandering Adventures

Production

Production

Seasons

1. God and a Buddha

2. Sake is good in the end

3. Someone without flowers or fruit

4. The crazed flower bloomed

5. Golden dreams vanished

6. The rusted jitte cried

7. The Night where even the demons weep

8. The Wind of Impermanence

9. Medicine can be a friend or an enemy

10. The buried treasure is just a dream

11. This one won't be forgiven even by the heavens

12. The brutal and heartless end

13. The vigor vanished in an instant

14. When the fog clears, spring.

15. When the fog clears, spring comes.

16. Lawlessness is the road not taken.

17. Sometimes it was a good day.

18. Flower must not be broken

19. A flower bloomed in an empty house.

20. He cried over a dream of a nap.

21. After the rain comes sunshine

22. The illegitimate child is the enemy

23. Facing enemies in every direction.

24. A brilliant Japanese dawn

Cast

Jūshirō Konoe

Isao Yamagata

Yuji Meguro

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