Endedtv asahi1996-01-27

The Secret 18th Group

Name: The Secret 18th Group
Released: 1996-01-27
Rating: 8
Cast: Kunihiko Mitamura, Yoko Minamino, Kōtarō Satomi, Takashi Sasano

将軍の隠密！影十八

Seasons

1

Episodes

19

Networks

tv asahi

Countries

JP

First aired

1996-01-27

Last aired

1996-06-01

Language

ja

Rating

8.0 / 10

Synopsis and details

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.