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Ooku: The Beginning

Ooku: The Beginning

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Drama

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During the reign of the shogun, Iemitsu, an epidemic causes the population of men to greatly drop, leading to an ooku where the role of men and women are reversed. Thus, “the women become the shogun, served by 3000 handsome men”

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Ended

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

mins

Rating

6/10

Release Date

26 December 2024

Country

Japan

Cast

Masato Sakai

Masato Sakai

Madenokouji Arikoto

Mikako Tabe

Mikako Tabe

Tokugawa Iemitsu

Koki Tanaka

Koki Tanaka

Gyokuei

Hiroyuki Hirayama

Hiroyuki Hirayama

Inaba Masakatsu

Nao Minamisawa

Nao Minamisawa

Yuki

Toshinori Omi

Toshinori Omi

Murase Masasuke

Yasunori Danta

Yasunori Danta

Matsudaira Nobutsuna

Takashi Naito

Takashi Naito

Sawamura Denemon

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