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The Tempest

The Tempest

2011 · 1 season · 10 eps · ★ 5.5 · Drama

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Set in the Ryukyu Kingdom during the latter days of the Tokugawa shogunate, a woman takes the guise of a Eunuch to pass a government examination. She eventually becomes a government official still in the disguise of a man.

Directed by Yoshiyuki Yoshimura · Written by Daisuke Habara

Network: NHK G

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