Lesson 33: Fure-Fure Gatchiri! Kung Fu Chūshingura

This article is about an episode in Juken Sentai Gekiranger.

Lesson 33: Fure-Fure Gatchiri! Kung Fu Chūshingura
Juken Sentai Gekiranger, Episode 33
Air Date(s)	October 14, 2007
Production Information
Written by	Naruhisa Arakawa
Directed by	Shoujirou Nakazawa
Episode Guide
Previous	Lesson 32: Zowangi-Zowango! The Gathering, Beast Origin Village
Next	Lesson 34: Gowan-Gowan's Dain-Dain! Beast Fist Giant God, Comes

Lesson 33: Fure-Fure Gatchiri! Kung Fu Chūshingura (修行その33 フレフレガッチリ！カンフー忠臣蔵, Shugyō Sono Sanjūsan: Fure-Fure Gatchiri! Kanfū Chūshingura) is the thirty-third episode of Juken Sentai Gekiranger. It is the second of the four-episode Beast Origin Village showdown, involving a diversion towards the Gekiranger and RinJyuKen duo via a time-slip that will lead to the final showdown in the next episodes. It also features the tv-debut of GekiRinTohja after it's appearence in Juken Sentai Gekiranger: Nei-Nei! Hou-Hou! Hong Kong Decisive Battle.

Synopsis

Sent back to the Edo era, the Gekiranger must find Rageku's Beast-Man possessing an infamous villain to reclaim the Virtuous Beast Sword before he alters a legend of Japanese history.

Plot

Rageku's Secret Ringi sends the Gekirangers to January 30, 1703 at the time of the Edo Era, with Rio and Mele nowhere to be found. But a scream attracted their attention and found Rin Jū Anglerfish-Ken user Mukoua as he emerged from the body of Kira Yoshinaka and wounded Mōri Koheita to take the item he had, revealing that he is here on orders to keep the gang trapped in time. The Gekirangers take the boy's scroll to Lady Yōzeiin, the wife of the late Asano Naganori, who reveals that Ōishi Yoshio and his 47 Ronin followers are to finally avenge their master this night. Hearing the rumors of Kira's possession true, Yōzeiin pleas the Gekirangers to remove the "evil spirit" before the Akō Rōshi Raid begins. While getting ready, the guys find Mele who is tending to Rio and his memory loss, revealing SoZyuTo gone. Realizing the item Mukoa stole is the SoZyuTo, the Gekirangers arrive to find Kira, fighting their way through Kira's houseguard with their kung-fu skills. The search seemed hopeless until Mele arrives alongside the restored Rio, who easily finds Mukoua. While Ken and Gou tend to Kira, the others fight Mukoua. But Mukoua eats the SoZyuTo before enlarging himself. On Rio's suggestion, the gang form Geki RinTohja once again, who battles Mukoua and wins, with SoZyuTo expelled in the explosion. With SoZyuTo back, Rio, Mele, and the Gekirangers return to their time as the Akō Rōshi Raid begins. However, once back, they find the Beast Origin Village in flames.

Cast

• Jan Kandou (漢堂 ジャン, Kandō Jan): Hiroki Suzuki (鈴木 裕樹, Suzuki Hiroki)
• Ran Uzaki (宇崎 ラン, Uzaki Ran): Mina Fukui (福井 未菜, Fukui Mina)
• Retsu Fukami (深見 レツ, Fukami Retsu): Manpei Takagi (高木 万平, Takagi Manpei)
• Gou Fukami (深見 ゴウ, Fukami Gō): Riki Miura (三浦 力, Miura Riki)
• Ken Hisatsu (久津 ケン, Hisatsu Ken): Sotaro (聡太郎, Sōtarō, Sotaro Yasuda)
• Miki Masaki (真咲 美希, Masaki Miki), Lady Yozeiin ({{{2}}}, Lady Yozeiin): Kazue Itoh (伊藤 かずえ, Itō Kazue)
• Rio (理央, Rio): Hirofumi Araki (荒木 宏文, Araki Hirofumi)
• Mele (メレ, Mere): Yuka Hirata (平田 裕香, Hirata Yuka)
• Bae (バエ, Bae Voice): Akira Ishida (石田 彰, Ishida Akira)
• Long (ロン, Ron): Naoki Kawano (川野 直輝, Kawano Naoki)

Guest Cast

• Mukoua (ムコウア, Mukōa, Voice): Masaru Obayashi (大林 勝, Ōbayashi Masaru)
• Kira Yoshinaka (吉良 義央, Yoshinaka Kira): Kenichi Ishii (石井愃一, Ishii Kenichi)
• Koheita Mouri (毛利小平太, Mōri Koheita): Yasuhiko Imai (今井靖彦, Imai Yasuhiko)
• Ichigaku Shimizu (清水一学, Shimizu Ichigaku): Seizō Fukumoto (福本清三, Fukumoto Seizō)
• Toda no Tsubone: Noriko Suzukawa (鈴川法子, Suzukawa Noriko)
• Bamboo Vendor: Akihiro Kawatsuru (川鶴晃裕, Kawatsuru Akihiro)

Notes

• As part of Super Hero Time, this episode aired alongside Kamen Rider Den-O episode 37, I Have The Face For It, Don't I?
• Viewership: 5.8%
• Pre-Credits: GekiRinTohja
• The basis for the events of this episode is the tale of the 47 Ronin, which involved 47 samurai who killed officer Kira Yoshinaka on January 30, 1703 as revenge for their lord being forced to commit seppuku for a crime claimed to be unjustified. The tale was depicted in the Chūshingura (which this episode was named after) and is a notable event popularized in Japanese history and culture.
• This marks the only TV appearance of GekiRinTohja.

DVD releases

Gekiranger Volume 9, DVD cover

Juken Sentai Gekiranger Volume 9 features episodes 33-36: Lesson 33: Fure-Fure Gatchiri! Kung Fu Chūshingura, Lesson 34: Gowan-Gowan's Dain-Dain! Beast Fist Giant God, Comes, Lesson 35: Gyuon-Gyuon! Beast Power Blooming, and Lesson 36: Mukyu-Mukyu! The three Phantom Thief Sisters.

See Also

• Now the Final Fury - Power Rangers counterpart in Jungle Fury. See comparison page.