Series·2012·1 Season
Ooku: The Beginning
Directed By
Fuminori Kaneko
Country
JP
Language
Japanese
Episodes
10
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// overview
The Story
Original title: 大奥〜誕生［有功・家光篇］
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”
Written By
Yumiko Kamiyama
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// cast
Cast
Masato Sakai
Madenokouji Arikoto
Mikako Tabe
Tokugawa Iemitsu
Koki Tanaka
Gyokuei
Hiroyuki Hirayama
Inaba Masakatsu
Nao Minamisawa
Yuki
Toshinori Omi
Murase Masasuke
Yasunori Danta
Matsudaira Nobutsuna
Takashi Naito
Sawamura Denemon
// crew
Crew
Fuminori Kaneko
Director
Yumiko Kamiyama
Screenplay
Yoshimasa Fujie
Director
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