What If Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa Was to Become the Prime Minister

What If Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa Was to Become the Prime Minister

2024 · 110 min · ★ 5.3 · Drama, Fantasy

In the year 2020, when Covid-19 is rapidly spreading around the world, chaos ensues and people's daily lives are completely upended. A virus outbreak suddenly occurs at the prime minister's office in Japan. This leads to the prime minister's sudden death. The Japanese government then puts in place an unprecedented plan, which is to bring back the greatest leaders from Japan's past through AI holograms and form a super cabinet with them. These famous individuals include Ieyasu Tokugawa, Ryoma Sakamoto, Nobunaga Oda, and Hideyoshi Toyotomi. People are stunned and at the same time go crazy over the endless execution of policies by this new legendary cabinet. Risa Nishimura wants to become an announcer and currently works as a TV reporter for a broadcasting station. She approaches a government spokesperson, Ryoma Sakamoto, for an exclusive scoop. Due to an unexpected case, she realizes that something is going on behind this cabinet.

Directed by Hideki Takeuchi · Written by Yuichi Tokunaga

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Minami Hamabe Risa Nishimura
Eiji Akaso Ryoma Sakamoto
GACKT Nobunaga Oda
Masahiro Takashima Yoshimune Tokugawa
Noriko Eguchi Masako Hojo
Tetsuhiro Ikeda Tsunayoshi Tokugawa
Shinya Kote Yoshimitsu Ashikaga
Mijika Nagai Shotoku Prince
Arisa Mizuki Shikibu Murasaki
Naoto Takenaka Hideyoshi Toyotomi
Mansai Nomura Ieyasu Tokugawa
Takuma Otoo Mitsunari Ishida

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