The Secret 18th Group
TV series
The Secret 18th Group
1996, Japanese, on tv asahi.
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.
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 19
- Episode length
- Varies
- Status
- Ended in 1996
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S1 E19: Female Tenacity - Dark Judgement for Bribery
Aired 1 June 1996
Seasons 1
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Details
- First aired
- 27 January 1996
- Last aired
- 1 June 1996
- Network
- tv asahi
- Original title
- 将軍の隠密！影十八
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
- Type
- Scripted
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The Secret 18th Group has 1 season and 19 episodes.
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