The Samurai - Season 1

Season 1
Network

Episodes13
DatesOct 7, 1962 - Dec 30, 1962
Episodes

Season 1Episode 160 min
The Man from Edo
Oct 7, 1962

Season 1Episode 260 min
Duel at Kiritap
Shintarō captures an escaped thief and takes him to the town of Kiritap to be held until Kiba arrives. However, the villagers' greed allows the thief to free himself and kill one of them and hold another to ransom.
Oct 14, 1962

Season 1Episode 360 min
Sword Storm
Shintarō comes upon a woman and her young son who are being terrorised by a loan-shark and his offsider, a disreputable but skilled swordsman.
Oct 21, 1962

Season 1Episode 460 min
Revenge of the Ainus
A group of Ainu take a wagon carrying gold from the goldmine on the Shibuchari River in revenge for the death of the son of one of them caused by two of the guards.
Oct 28, 1962

Season 1Episode 560 min
Imitation Prince
A shipwrecked rōnin impersonates Matsudaira Nobuchiyo at the instigation of a smuggler of guns so he can get them to the Ainu who has purchased them.
Nov 4, 1962

Season 1Episode 660 min
Sudden Death
Shintarō helps a young boy find his mother who was taken by Onibishi, an Ainu chief. Kiba persuades Onibishi to set a trap for Shintarō.
Nov 11, 1962

Season 1Episode 760 min
Ambush at Hell Valley
Shintarō, Sanpei and the refugee Ainu women continue on their way to Kunashiri Island. Sanpei mistakenly thinks Shintarō is really after Ainu treasure. Kiba and Onibisho are following them and try to ambush them at Hell Valley.
Nov 18, 1962

Season 1Episode 860 min
Outlaw Brothers
Goromatsu's two outlaw brothers break him out of Shiranuka Gaol where he is awaiting transfer to Matsumae. He vows to kill Kiba and enlists their help.
Nov 25, 1962

Season 1Episode 960 min
Blind Swordsman
Shintarō encounters Tendō Sawanosuke, a blind rōnin and his young daughter who are being harassed by Hidaya's bullies. Sawanosuke is well able to defeat them and Hidaya hires him to kill Shintarō because he has a deed of his. He wants to get Shintarō before Kiba does.
Dec 2, 1962

Season 1Episode 1060 min
Pirate Treasure
Habaro a young part-Japanese Ainu hunter is persuaded by an ambitious gang leader to kill his boss so he can take over but is shot in turn. Shintarō is accused of the murders but has help from an old friend, a geisha he knew in Edo.
Dec 9, 1962

Season 1Episode 1160 min
Master of the Sword
Shintarō helps a brother and sister from Aizu take revenge on the man who killed their father who is now using another name and is the sword instructor for the Matsumae Clan. Kiba plays something of a double game.
Dec 16, 1962

Season 1Episode 1260 min
Return of the Outlaw
Chusuke the Weasel returns to Usu seeking Yaichi, the man who put him in gaol. None of the villagers will stand by Yaichi. They think he should leave town and then maybe Chusuke won't bother them. Yaichi's son worships him and Yaichi fears to disappoint him because deep down he is afraid.
Dec 23, 1962

Season 1Episode 1360 min
Code of the Samurai
Matsumae government convoys and samurai have been attacked by a man in white who claims to the onmitsu. Shintarō resolves to unmask the impostor and clear his own name. He calls on Kiba to witness this. Kiba does so but still wants him dead to fulfil his mission.
Dec 30, 1962
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