Ôoku 2010

Synopsis:

In the year 1716 a mysterious epidemic stickens men in the country of Japan, dropping the population of men to 1/4th of its prior state. With the drastic reduction of men, the gender roles have become reversed in Japan. Woman become the dominant members of society and males are sought out for the ability to produce children. A young man named Unoshin Mizuno hopes to marry childhood sweetheart Onobu, but due to class differences realizes this is almost impossible. To raise his social status and also save his poor family, Unoshin Mizuno enters the Ohoku (inner chambers of the Shugun's castle) and attempts to vie among 3,000 other men for the affection of the female shogun. What Unoshin Mizuno quickly learns about the Ohoku is that the men there are all beautiful, but highly ambitious and conniving. In this environment, the 7th shogun Tokugawa passes away and the new shogun Yoshimune Tokugawa takes the thrown and enters the Ohoku.

Directed by: Fuminori Kaneko
Written by: Natsuko Takahashi
Release date: 2010-10-01
Runtime: 116 minutes
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Cast:
Kazunari Ninomiya
Kazunari Ninomiya
Unoshin Mizuno 
Ko Shibasaki
Ko Shibasaki
Yoshimune Tokugawa 
Maki Horikita
Maki Horikita
Onobu 
Tadayoshi Okura
Tadayoshi Okura
Tsuroka 
Aoi Nakamura
Aoi Nakamura
Kakiten 
Hiroshi Tamaki
Hiroshi Tamaki
Matsushima 
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Also known as:
  • Sógun lady
  • The Lady Shogun and Her Men
  • Госпожа-сёгун и её мужчины
  • 大奥