Mito Kōmon (Scripted, Japanese)
Genres: Drama
Status: Ended
Premiered: 1969-08-04
Ended: 2011-12-12
Network: TBS
Country: JP
Airs on: Monday
Air time: 22:00
Runtime: 55 minutes
Mito Kōmon is a Japanese period drama that has been on prime-time television since 1969. The title character is Tokugawa Mitsukuni, former vice-shogun and retired second daimyo of the Mito Domain. In the guise of Mitsuemon, a retired crêpe merchant, he roams the realm with two samurai retainers, fun-loving Sasaki Sukesaburō and studious Atsumi Kakunoshin helping those he finds oppressed by corrupt officials or evil landowners.