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The Secret 18th Group
The Secret 18th Group

The Secret 18th Group

NR

The Secret 18th Group

·1996·19 episodes

Summary

During the Edo period, the eighth Tokugawa shōgun, Yoshimune, officially had 17 families of oniwaban, his private ninja guards. They were known as "The Secret 18th Group." Months after Yoshimune's death, his fourth son, Hitotsubashi, asks Kane Ametaro, a hairdresser, to put the group back together. The other members of the secret 18th group include Miki, a doctor; Otojirō, a chef; and Inokichi, an acrobat. The group members have their doubts and internal conflicts about how to live their lives as "secret agents," but when various injustices occur in Edo... they have no other option but to unite and begin clearing the darkness together.

Crew

Status:

Ended

Original Language:

Japanese

Type:

Scripted

Networks:

tv asahi

Keywords

jidaigeki

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