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Ooku: The Beginning

TV·2012–2012·1 season, 10 episodes·TBS·Drama·45m

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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”

Cast

Masato SakaiMasato SakaiMadenokouji ArikotoMikako TabeMikako TabeTokugawa IemitsuKoki TanakaKoki TanakaGyokueiHiroyuki HirayamaHiroyuki HirayamaInaba MasakatsuNao MinamisawaNao MinamisawaYukiToshinori OmiToshinori OmiMurase MasasukeYasunori DantaYasunori DantaMatsudaira NobutsunaTakashi NaitoTakashi NaitoSawamura Denemon

Episodes by season

Season0110Episodes2012Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01The Shogun is a Girl?! The Reversal of Men/Women Roles Begins HereOctober 12, 2012—
  2. S01E02Here is the Garden of Men Where Jealousy SwirlsOctober 19, 2012—
  3. S01E03I Was Born to Save Only You..October 26, 2012—
  4. S01E04The Fruit That Will Not Grow; A Poisonous Snake Creeps InNovember 2, 2012—
  5. S01E05The Night When His Beloved Woman Embraces Another ManNovember 9, 2012—
  6. S01E06Having Become a Mother, You Have Become Strong and BeautifulNovember 16, 2012—
  7. S01E07My Other Self My DevotionNovember 23, 2012—
  8. S01E08Kasuga no Tsubone Dies, Birth of the First Woman ShogunNovember 30, 2012—
  9. S01E09You are My Heart and SoulDecember 7, 2012—
  10. S01E10EndDecember 14, 2012—

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