Strapped
During the reign of this shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Yunagaya Domain in the Tohoku region is actually just a han. But there's a gold mine. Masaatsu Naito of Yunagaya Domain receives an order to Do Sankin-kotai over 5 days. Sankin-kotai is actually a custom which needs the daimyo to go to the shogun in Edo. The time required to pay a visit to the shogun in Edo for Masaatsu Naito is 8 days. Masaatsu Naito accomplishes that as a high government official wants the mine he received the order. Also, the expense for Sankin-kotai is high and the Yunagaya Domain Name is such a han that it appears impossible to finish. Masaatsu Naito begins an performance.
Released: 1993-08-21