
The Lady Shogun and Her Men
Science Fiction · Drama · History
Overview
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.
Top Cast


Kazunari Ninomiya
Kazunari Ninomiya
Unoshin Mizuno
Kazunari Ninomiya
Unoshin Mizuno


Ko Shibasaki
Ko Shibasaki
Yoshimune Tokugawa
Ko Shibasaki
Yoshimune Tokugawa


Maki Horikita
Maki Horikita
Onobu
Maki Horikita
Onobu


Tadayoshi Okura
Tadayoshi Okura
Tsuroka
Tadayoshi Okura
Tsuroka


Aoi Nakamura
Aoi Nakamura
Kakiten
Aoi Nakamura
Kakiten


Hiroshi Tamaki
Hiroshi Tamaki
Matsushima
Hiroshi Tamaki
Matsushima


Mitsuko Baisho
Mitsuko Baisho
Yorinobu Mizuno
Mitsuko Baisho
Yorinobu Mizuno


Emi Wakui
Emi Wakui
Hisamichi Kanou
Emi Wakui
Hisamichi Kanou


Sadao Abe
Sadao Abe
Sugishita
Sadao Abe
Sugishita


Kuranosuke Sasaki
Kuranosuke Sasaki
Huzinami
Kuranosuke Sasaki
Huzinami
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