Isshin Tasuke, a friend of Ōkubo Hikozōemon, the esteemed public arbitrator of the realm, saved the maid Onatsu from punishment after she accidentally broke a plate gifted by Lord Ieyasu. Tired of the strict samurai service, Tasuke moved to the Genbei tenements and opened a fish shop. This tenement housed various characters, including the landlord's daughter Osen who had a crush on Tasuke, the midwife Okan, the blind masseur Oyone and her husband, the carpenter-loving couple Yoshigorō and Ohama, the rōnin Takeuchi Yogoemon, and the siblings Ochika and Shin'nosuke who cared for their sick mother.
as 一心太助
as 大久保彦左衛門
as 徳川家光
as お夏
as おちか
as おせん
as 源兵衛
as 宅悦
as 吉五郎
as おはま
as おかん
as およね
as 権六
as 源八
as 矢島の局
as 川勝丹波守
as 松平伊豆守
as 伊藤軍兵衛
as 小野剣鬼
as 香取
as 笹尾喜内
as 勝田久之進
as 竹内与五郎
as 水野十郎左衛門
as 羅宇直し
as 新之助