
Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger
Action · Comedy
Overview
Tasuke stumbles across Kokichi, a distraught man whom having lost his fiancee to Lord Kawakatsu is ready to commit suicide. Tasuke learns that Kokichi's fiancee, Otoyo, was a chambermaid whom Kawakatsu abducted in order to make her his concubine and Tasuke feels compelled to right this wrong. Meanwhile Kawakatsu is dealing in black-market lumber and receiving kick-backs but unbeknownst to him he is under investigation by Lord Izu, one of the Shogun Elders. Will Tasuke be able to rescue Otoyo from the clutches of Lord Kawakatsu and can Lord Izu put an end to his money hungry evildoings.
Top Cast


Kinnosuke Nakamura
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Kinnosuke Nakamura


Hitomi Nakahara
Hitomi Nakahara
Hitomi Nakahara


Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata


Satomi Oka
Satomi Oka
Satomi Oka


Kensaku Hara
Kensaku Hara
Kensaku Hara


Shunji Sakai
Shunji Sakai
Shunji Sakai


Hiroko Sakuramachi
Hiroko Sakuramachi
Hiroko Sakuramachi


Isao Yamagata
Isao Yamagata
Isao Yamagata


Eitarō Shindō
Eitarō Shindō
Eitarō Shindō


Haruo Tanaka
Haruo Tanaka
Haruo Tanaka
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