In the Edo era during the reign of the third shogun, a mysterious smallpox epidemic affects males only, causing the number of males to plummet to one-fourth of the population. The roles of males and females are reversed. Women run businesses and politics. A young girl takes the seat as the heir of the shogunate and becomes the first female shogun. She is Tokugawa Iemitsu. When Iemitsu turns 16, the pure-hearted Madenokoji Arikoto, who heads a temple, is threatened and forced to return to secular life. Together with his disciple Gyokuei, he becomes one of the 3,000 handsome concubines that wait on the shogun in the inner palace.
Ooku (Japanese prequel)
Ooku (Japanese sequel)
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- Sakai MasatoMadenokouji Arikoto
Main Role
- Tabe MikakoTokugawa Iemitsu
Main Role
- Tanaka KokiGyokuei
Support Role
- Hirayama HiroyukiInaba Masakat
Support Role
- Danta YasunoriMatsudaira Nobutsuna
Support Role
- Omi ToshinoriMurase Masasuke
Support Role
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