Hissatsu Series (Season 15)

Sell Your Life, Get Gibbeted 0.0

Air date: 1979-05-18

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Mondo Nakamura’s wife and coworkers think he’s incompetent. But at night he sheds his civil servant disguise, and teams up with Tetsu and Jo to fight crime and corruption.

The Bloody Wish Left in Prison 0.0

Air date: 1979-05-25

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Is a mysterious woman killing wealthy Soybean wholesalers and leaving playing cards on their bodies? In a strange twist, they become bodyguards for the next likely target.

No Pity for the Outcasts 0.0

Air date: 1979-06-01

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: When Kanoke and Nebutsu are arrested after assassinating a rapist without Mondo’s help, Mondo must rescue them from a corrupt police official who murders girls for profit.

Human Trash, Human Payment 0.0

Air date: 1979-06-08

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: When a mentally unstable gangster launches a series of bloody attacks against other Yakuza, Crime Boss Koroku hires Mondo to be his personal bodyguard.

Hang Buddha! 0.0

Air date: 1979-06-15

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: The ruthless Daihachi of the Back Daruma Gang wants to drive a sweet potato shop’s owner off his land, so the owner turns to his old prison buddy, Nenbutsu, for help.

The Grudge Carved into the Walls 0.0

Air date: 1979-06-22

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: When a group of Samurai begin killing peasants in order to test their swords, the Punishers are hired by a local prostitute whose father and sister were murdered.

Deep Abysses in Closed Eyes 0.0

Air date: 1979-06-29

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: When a young woman attempts to murder a blind money lender, Mondo is forced to turn her over for execution… but is the blind man truly who and what he claims to be?

The Power of Bare Grass 0.0

Air date: 1979-07-06

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: A dog-obsessed noblewoman has a series of young women beaten and disfigured by her giant body guard, but the plans to punish her are stymied by the fact that she has a gun.

The Ones Who Use People, the Ones Who Are Used 0.0

Air date: 1979-07-13

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Nenbutsu starts to have feelings for a new courtesan, but his hopes for romance go awry when it turns out that she is under the spell of a murderous pimp.

Cloth Thief, Jet Black 0.0

Air date: 1979-07-20

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: When the father and fiancé of an old friend are murdered by one of the Shogun’s Concubine’s guards, Okin makes plans to infiltrate the Shogun’s harem.

A Plot Behind Exile 0.0

Air date: 1979-07-27

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Demon Iwa, an infamous lawman who frames innocent suspects to protect the wealthy, sets out to catch the Punishers, and his first target is Okin.

A Woman's Hellish Journey 0.0

Air date: 1979-08-03

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Han falls in love with a beautiful mute girl, whose entire family was enslaved and murdered by an ambitious Lord. Needless to say, it's Punishing Time.

The Worse They Are, the Better They Seem 0.0

Air date: 1979-08-10

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: A potentially explosive crisis ensues when a rural samurai takes the daughter of a powerful retainer hostage in a shop filled with highly flammable oil and a lit candle.

A Paper to Stake One's Life On 0.0

Air date: 1979-08-17

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: When Han’s mentor, a crusading tabloid sheet writer, takes on a developer whose negotiation techniques include blackmail and murder, the Punishers are drawn into the fray.

The Inn at Which Night Bares its Fangs 0.0

Air date: 1979-08-24

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: On a dark and stormy night, a landslide traps Jo, Tetsu, and an assortment of unsavory travelers in a haunted Inn, while an unknown murderer picks them off one by one.

The False Tears of a Scoundrel 0.0

Air date: 1979-08-31

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: A compulsive gambler is accused of a murder committed by a masked killer, the Punishers help to plot a temporary jailbreak, and fires break out across the city.

To Throw Love Away and Wish for Death 0.0

Air date: 1979-09-07

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: The Punishers become involved when two vengeful sisters seek to expose a group of oil merchants who had their father wrongfully executed for arson.

Everything's Prepared, Now for the Punishment 0.0

Air date: 1979-09-14

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: When a young bride to be is driven mad by a mysterious masked attacker, the Punishers must work around her amnesia to find clues that led toward the guilty party.

Hate the Sin, Hate the Sinner 0.0

Air date: 1979-09-21

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: As a famine strikes Edo, Mondo must figure out how to rescue Jo and Tetsu, who were caught in a roundup of vagrants and sentenced to the life in the mines.

Darkness Smites the Woman Pursued 0.0

Air date: 1979-09-28

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: While the police scour the town for a knife-wielding murderer, Okin finds herself trapped in her home with a very unwelcome guest.

Let Live Trees Flourish in This Living Hell 0.0

Air date: 1979-10-05

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: When a young couple are cheated out of their land by corrupt authorities and businessmen, it is up to Nakamura, Jo, and Tetsu to dole out the appropriate punishment.

No Parent Knows Joy Without Hardship 0.0

Air date: 1979-10-12

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: It’s a different kind of family drama when a woman from Mondo and Tetsu’s past arrives in town with a child she claims is Mondo’s, and a ruthless killer in pursuit.

Murdered for Going Too Far 0.0

Air date: 1979-10-19

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: When Mondo falls behind on his arrest quota and must also foil a plot to kill Boss Tenjin in jail, he comes up with one solution for both problems: arrest his friends!

Evil Encroaches Upon a Love That Doubts 0.0

Air date: 1979-10-26

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Ruthless developers and officials plot to tear down some row houses and build a giant pleasure garden… but unfortunately, those are the houses where Tetsu, Jo and Okin live.

An Incompetent Crow Sharpens His Claws 0.0

Air date: 1979-11-02

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: When an ambitious noblewoman’s son fails to gain admission to an exclusive school, the deadly Tiger Mom will stop at nothing, even murder, to get him in.

No Love Lost for Resplendent Edo 0.0

Air date: 1979-11-16

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: When a drought causes most of the wells in Edo to go dry, the rich hoard the little water that remains while the poor become willing to do anything to get it.

Episode 27 0.0

Air date: 1979-11-23

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 28 0.0

Air date: 1979-11-30

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 29 0.0

Air date: 1979-12-07

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 30 0.0

Air date: 1979-12-14

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 31 0.0

Air date: 1979-12-21

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 32 0.0

Air date: 1979-12-28

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 33 0.0

Air date: 1980-01-04

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 34 0.0

Air date: 1980-01-11

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 35 0.0

Air date: 1980-01-18

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 36 0.0

Air date: 1980-01-25

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 37 0.0

Air date: 1980-02-01

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 38 0.0

Air date: 1980-02-08

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 39 0.0

Air date: 1980-02-15

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 40 0.0

Air date: 1980-02-22

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 41 0.0

Air date: 1980-02-29

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 42 0.0

Air date: 1980-03-07

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 43 0.0

Air date: 1980-03-21

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 44 0.0

Air date: 1980-03-28

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 45 0.0

Air date: 1980-04-04

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 46 0.0

Air date: 1980-04-11

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 47 0.0

Air date: 1980-04-18

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 48 0.0

Air date: 1980-04-25

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 49 0.0

Air date: 1980-05-02

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 50 0.0

Air date: 1980-05-09

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 51 0.0

Air date: 1980-05-16

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 52 0.0

Air date: 1980-05-23

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 53 0.0

Air date: 1980-05-30

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 54 0.0

Air date: 1980-06-06

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 55 0.0

Air date: 1980-06-13

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 56 0.0

Air date: 1980-06-20

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 57 0.0

Air date: 1980-06-27

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 58 0.0

Air date: 1980-07-04

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 59 0.0

Air date: 1980-07-11

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 60 0.0

Air date: 1980-07-18

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 61 0.0

Air date: 1980-08-08

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 62 0.0

Air date: 1980-08-15

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 63 0.0

Air date: 1980-08-22

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 64 0.0

Air date: 1980-08-29

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 65 0.0

Air date: 1980-09-05

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 66 0.0

Air date: 1980-09-12

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 67 0.0

Air date: 1980-09-19

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 68 0.0

Air date: 1980-09-26

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 69 0.0

Air date: 1980-10-03

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 70 0.0

Air date: 1980-10-10

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 71 0.0

Air date: 1980-10-17

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 72 0.0

Air date: 1980-10-24

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 73 0.0

Air date: 1980-10-31

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 74 0.0

Air date: 1980-11-14

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 75 0.0

Air date: 1980-11-21

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 76 0.0

Air date: 1980-11-28

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 77 0.0

Air date: 1980-12-05

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 78 0.0

Air date: 1980-12-12

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 79 0.0

Air date: 1980-12-19

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 80 0.0

Air date: 1980-12-26

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 81 0.0

Air date: 1981-01-09

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 82 0.0

Air date: 1981-01-16

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 83 0.0

Air date: 1981-01-23

Runtime: 45 min

Episode 84 0.0

Air date: 1981-01-30

Runtime: 45 min