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61% Critic Match
The Lady Shogun and Her Men
6.1 / 10• 2010• 1h 56m•NR• Japanese
Science FictionDramaHistory
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Kazunari Ninomiya
Unoshin Mizuno
Lead
Ko Shibasaki
Yoshimune Tokugawa
Maki Horikita
Onobu
Tadayoshi Okura
Tsuroka
Aoi Nakamura
Kakiten
Hiroshi Tamaki
Matsushima
Mitsuko Baisho
Yorinobu Mizuno
Emi Wakui
Hisamichi Kanou
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Fuminori Kaneko's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Lady Shogun and Her Men is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
