About this season
Kanbei Hamidashi aka Tsukada Kambei was originally a direct retainer and head of a large group but could not fit into the organization and spent his days drinking and fighting. Such a Kambei receives an appointment as a secret inspector from Ometsuke Doi Masatoshi and sets out on a journey around various countries. A town girl Okon (accompanies him as a money watcher while Yoriki Ariga Tozaburo disguises himself as Senda to accompany him as an alcohol watcher. In addition to them, a "poverty god" disguised as a monk follows them as their watcher. Kambei punishes evil wherever he goes on his journey with his troublesome watchers.
Episodes (24)
1. God and a Buddha
Aired 4 October 1973
2. Sake is good in the end
Aired 11 October 1973
3. Someone without flowers or fruit
Aired 18 October 1973
4. The crazed flower bloomed
Aired 25 October 1973
5. Golden dreams vanished
Aired 1 November 1973
6. The rusted jitte cried
Aired 8 November 1973
7. The Night where even the demons weep
Aired 15 November 1973
8. The Wind of Impermanence
Aired 22 November 1973
9. Medicine can be a friend or an enemy
Aired 29 November 1973
10. The buried treasure is just a dream
Aired 6 December 1973
11. This one won't be forgiven even by the heavens
Aired 13 December 1973
12. The brutal and heartless end
Aired 20 December 1973
13. The vigor vanished in an instant
Aired 27 December 1973
14. When the fog clears, spring.
Aired 3 January 1974
15. When the fog clears, spring comes.
Aired 10 January 1974
16. Lawlessness is the road not taken.
Aired 17 January 1974
17. Sometimes it was a good day.
Aired 24 January 1974
18. Flower must not be broken
Aired 31 January 1974
19. A flower bloomed in an empty house.
Aired 7 February 1974
20. He cried over a dream of a nap.
Aired 14 February 1974
21. After the rain comes sunshine
Aired 21 February 1974
22. The illegitimate child is the enemy
Aired 28 February 1974
23. Facing enemies in every direction.
Aired 7 March 1974
24. A brilliant Japanese dawn
Aired 14 March 1974