Gokenin Zankurô

About

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. He also has a drinking problem, an overeating mother, and a propensity to protect the oppressed, all of which eat into his finances. His confident mother Masajo (Kyoko Kishida) is the descendant of a famous family of shogunate retainers and a mistress of the pen and sword, who regards her son as a failure.

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Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Ken Watanabe Zankurô Matsudaira, Zankuro Matsudaira, Zankurô Matsdaira

Kyôko Kishida Zankurô's mother, Masajo

Mayumi Wakamura Tsutakichi Otsuta

Tôru Masuoka Denzaburô Nishio

Yōko Moriguchi Oryô

Hidekazu Nagae

Sansei Shiomi Saji

Jun Karasawa Riku Nishio

Hiroko Nazuki Oen

Tetsurō Tanba

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