The year is Seitoku 2 (1712), and Japan has a new ruler. But Ietsugu, the 7th Tokugawa shogun, is only four years old. The power vacuum this creates has Edo Castle roiling in political intrigue and personal positioning of all kinds.
Production
The Ōoku set design is claustrophobic grandeur at its finest.
Acting
Yukie Nakama's restrained performance simmers with trapped ambition.
Costume
Kimono layers as status armor—every fold means something.
Director
Toru Hayashi
Yukie Nakama
Ejima
Hidetoshi Nishijima
Shingorou Ikushima
Haruka Igawa
Gekkouin
Mitsuhiro Oikawa
Akifusa Manabe
Kaoru Sugita
Miyaji
Yumi Aso
Kohagi
Shinobu Nakayama
Fujikawa
Tae Kimura
Houshinin
Machiko Washio
Kuzuoka
Kaori Yamaguchi
Yoshino
Maki Kubota
Urao
Kyōko Enami
Kikuo
Kazuki Kitamura
Choujyurou Kaneko
Meiko Kaji
Narration
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Ōoku housed up to 1,000 women and operated as a shadow government—this barely scratches the surface.
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