Priest of Darkness

Kōchiyama Sōshun serves as a cha-bōzu (He is kind of tea man) in the administrative headquarters of the Tokugawa shogunate but he works behind the scene to protect powerless people from evil power of Tokugawa shogunate. Kataoka Naojirō and Ushimatsu work for Kōchiyama. Kaneko Ichinojō is a ronin whose interests often align with Kōchiyama

Seasons

26 Episodes • Premiered 1975

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1. Once in a Lifetime Big Play

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2. Neribei Koji Street

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3. The Biggest Game of All Time

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4. A Man Bet on a Festival Song

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5. Filial Sake Bridge

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6. Eight Hundred and Eight Towns Where Rice is the Enemy

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7. Exemption from Congratulatory Gifts

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8. The Sanzu River is Empty

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9. Nakasendo Trapped

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10. There Was Someone Scarier Than Demons

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11. Children's Song That a Man Cried

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12. Thirty Thousand Ryo of Oil on Wet Hands

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13. Carp is a Lullaby of Life

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14. The Best Iron Fire Skin

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15. Go to Hell to Pick Flowers

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16. The Star That Disappeared at Dawn

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17. Fire and Burn, the Good Road of Love

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18. Picture Book of a Woman Dancing in the Snow

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19. A Treasure Trove of Unfulfilled Dreams

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20. Memories of Me and Him

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21. Love for Wife, Love for Mother

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22. I Saw Snow on the Peach Festival

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23. Flowers of Thoughts That Bloomed in Red

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24. Three Demons Caught in a Cue Ball

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25. Evening Glow of Cherry Blossom Blizzard Edo

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26. A Coin for a Dishonest Dead Man

Cast

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Shintarō Katsu

Kōchiyama Sōshun

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Yoshio Harada

Kaneko Ichinojō

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Shōhei Hino

Ushimatsu

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Tomisaburō Wakayama

Tōyama Kinsirō

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