

The Lady Shogun and Her Men
2010-10-01 · 116 min · ★ 6.1
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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- Directors
- Fuminori Kaneko
- Production companies
- TBS, MBS, J Storm, Chubu-nippon Broadcasting Company, Asmik Ace Entertainment
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 12,800,000
Top Cast
Kazunari NinomiyaUnoshin Mizuno
Ko ShibasakiYoshimune Tokugawa
Maki HorikitaOnobu
Tadayoshi OkuraTsuroka
Aoi NakamuraKakiten
Hiroshi TamakiMatsushima
Mitsuko BaishoYorinobu Mizuno
Emi WakuiHisamichi Kanou
Sadao AbeSugishita
Kuranosuke SasakiHuzinami
Muga Takewaki
Yoshihiko Hosoda
Terunosuke Takezai
Shota Matsushima
Tsuyoshi Muro
Kozue Ueda
Mieko Hoshino
Emiko Miyazaki
Yukari Okumura
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