Ooku: The Inner Chambers (2023)
Ooku: The Inner Chambers is a 2023 Japanese-language drama series. It stars Kazuya Kamenashi, Sota Fukushi and Ai Tominaga.
In an alternative feudal Japan, a strange disease that only affects males caused a massive population reduction, leaving females to fill the vacant jobs, therefore changing the social structure. Now, 80 years after the initial outbreak with a 1:4 male:female ratio, Japan is a completely matriarchal society. Females hold all important political positions, and males are their consorts. Only the most powerful female, head of Tokugawa shogunate, may keep a harem of handsome and unproductive males, known as "Ōoku".
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What is Ooku: The Inner Chambers about?
In an alternative feudal Japan, a strange disease that only affects males caused a massive population reduction, leaving females to fill the vacant jobs, therefore changing the social structure. Now, 80 years after the initial outbreak with a 1:4 male:female ratio, Japan is a completely matriarchal society. Females hold all important political positions, and males are their consorts. Only the most powerful female, head of Tokugawa shogunate, may keep a harem of handsome and unproductive males, known as "Ōoku".
When was Ooku: The Inner Chambers released?
Ooku: The Inner Chambers was released on 10 January 2023.
How many episodes does Ooku: The Inner Chambers have?
Ooku: The Inner Chambers has 21 episodes across 2 seasons.
Cast
- Kazuya Kamenashi as 德川家治
- Sota Fukushi as Madenokouji Arikoto
- Ai Tominaga as Tokugawa Yoshimune
- Mayu Hotta as Tokugawa Iemitsu / Chie
- Yuki Saito as Kasuga no Tsubone
- Riisa Naka as Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
- Koji Yamamoto as Emonnosuke
- Raita Ryu as Keishoin
- Yuto Nakajima as Mizuno Yunoshin
- Shunsuke Kazama as Sugishita
- Shihori Kanjiya as Kano Hisamichi
- Ainosuke Kataoka as Fujinami