黄門さま〜助さんの憂鬱〜

The author's first period drama, based on the classic jidaigeki Mito Kōmon. Set in the Edo period of Japan, the high-ranking daimyo of the Mito-domain cannot keep his bodyguards alive as they travel Japan. To replenish his bodyguards, they institute a recruitment exam aimed towards the poorest of samurais of Japan, "rounin." As a rounin, Inouse Shinnosuke attempts to prove himself to the ranking officials and escape poverty.