Ooku (2023)

Other name: 大奥1, 大奥 Season1, Ooku 1, Ooku Season 1, Гарем сёгуна

Description:

Ooku transports viewers to an alternate feudal Japan, eighty years after a devastating disease selectively targeted males. This catastrophe drastically reduced the male population, creating a staggering 14:1 female-to-male ratio and fundamentally reshaping society. Japan has since evolved into a completely matriarchal nation, where women occupy all positions of political authority and professional significance. Males, no longer holding power, are primarily valued as consorts. The film centers on the exclusive and intriguing world of the Ooku, a magnificent harem maintained by the powerful female Head of the Tokugawa shogunate. Within its walls reside the most handsome, yet largely unproductive, men in the country, serving as companions to the shogun. Ooku offers a profound exploration of altered gender dynamics, societal expectations, and the complex lives within this unique and historically inverted world, revealing the intricate power plays and human dramas that unfold under these extraordinary circumstances.

Episodes: 10

Duration: 45 min.

Airs On: Jan 10, 2023

Producer: NHK

Director: Ohara Taku [大原拓] and Kawano Hideaki [川野秀昭]

Country: Japanese

Status: Upcoming

Released: 2023

Genre:Drama; Historical; Manga; Miniseries; Romance