Ooku: The Beginning

Ooku: The Beginning

2012 · 1 season · 10 eps · ★ 3.5 · 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”

Directed by Fuminori Kaneko · Written by Yumiko Kamiyama

Network: TBS

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