The Lady Shogun and Her Men (2010)
Original title: 大奥 男女逆転
The Lady Shogun and Her Men is a 2010 Japanese-language science fiction movie directed by Fuminori Kaneko, with a running time of 1h 56m. It stars Kazunari Ninomiya, Ko Shibasaki and Maki Horikita.
In the year 1716 a mysterious epidemic stickens men in the country of Japan, dropping the population of men to 1/4th of its prior state. With the drastic reduction of men, the gender roles have become reversed in Japan. Woman become the dominant members of society and males are sought out for the ability to produce children. A young man named Unoshin Mizuno hopes to marry childhood sweetheart Onobu, but due to class differences realizes this is almost impossible. To raise his social status and also save his poor family, Unoshin Mizuno enters the Ohoku (inner chambers of the Shugun's castle) and attempts to vie among 3,000 other men for the affection of the female shogun. What Unoshin Mizuno quickly learns about the Ohoku is that the men there are all beautiful, but highly ambitious and conniving. In this environment, the 7th shogun Tokugawa passes away and the new shogun Yoshimune Tokugawa takes the thrown and enters the Ohoku.
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What is The Lady Shogun and Her Men about?
In the year 1716 a mysterious epidemic stickens men in the country of Japan, dropping the population of men to 1/4th of its prior state. With the drastic reduction of men, the gender roles have become reversed in Japan. Woman become the dominant members of society and males are sought out for the ability to produce children. A young man named Unoshin Mizuno hopes to marry childhood sweetheart Onobu, but due to class differences realizes this is almost impossible. To raise his social status and also save his poor family, Unoshin Mizuno enters the Ohoku (inner chambers of the Shugun's castle) and attempts to vie among 3,000 other men for the affection of the female shogun. What Unoshin Mizuno quickly learns about the Ohoku is that the men there are all beautiful, but highly ambitious and conniving. In this environment, the 7th shogun Tokugawa passes away and the new shogun Yoshimune Tokugawa takes the thrown and enters the Ohoku.
When was The Lady Shogun and Her Men released?
The Lady Shogun and Her Men was released on 1 October 2010.
How long is The Lady Shogun and Her Men?
The Lady Shogun and Her Men runs 1h 56m.
Who made The Lady Shogun and Her Men?
The Lady Shogun and Her Men was directed by Fuminori Kaneko.
Cast
- Kazunari Ninomiya as Unoshin Mizuno
- Ko Shibasaki as Yoshimune Tokugawa
- Maki Horikita as Onobu
- Tadayoshi Okura as Tsuroka
- Aoi Nakamura as Kakiten
- Hiroshi Tamaki as Matsushima
- Mitsuko Baisho as Yorinobu Mizuno
- Emi Wakui as Hisamichi Kanou
- Sadao Abe as Sugishita
- Kuranosuke Sasaki as Huzinami
- Muga Takewaki
- Yoshihiko Hosoda