 Evil characters who tried to kill Mitsuemon were played by such actors as Shigeru Tsuyuguchi (1st season) and Mikio Narita (3rd season).In each of the show's 42 seasons, various other regular characters have joined the retinue.For many years, it was the food-loving commoner Hachibei; the reformed thieves Kazaguruma no Yashichi (a former ninja whose main weapon is a shuriken with pinwheel, with a dagger as his sidearm) and his wife Kasumi no Oshin; the ninja Tsuge no Tobizaru; and kunoichi Kagerō Ogin.