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TV SERIES · Animation / Drama

Ōoku: The Inner Chambers.

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In an alternate history where the male population is nearly decimated, eligible men serve as concubines to the woman shogun inside the walls of the Ooku.

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Season 1.

Episode 1

2023-06-29 · 1h 19m10.0

A boy is attacked by a wild bear, introducing a plague that affects only males.

Episode 2

2023-06-29 · 29m

While visiting Edo, a beautiful temple chief named Arikoto catches the eye of Lady Kasuga, who tries to force him into giving up the priesthood.

Episode 3

2023-06-29 · 27m

Together with Gyokuei, Arikoto begins his new life. He learns about a carefully protected secret, and the role he is now expected to play.

Episode 4

2023-06-29 · 29m1.0

Arikoto's wounds finally heal, and he's introduced to the other men in the Ooku, but they don't take kindly to him.

Episode 5

2023-06-29 · 26m

Iemitsu orders the men to dress in women's clothing and amuse her. She remembers how, when she was a child, Lady Kasuga had taken her from her family.

Episode 6

2023-06-29 · 29m

Though blissfully in love, Iemitsu is still not pregnant. Lady Kasuga finds a promiscuous man in town who bears an uncanny resemblance to Arikoto.

Episode 7

2023-06-29 · 26m

With surprising good will, Arikoto welcomes Sutezo into the Ooku. Just when things seem to be going well, an accident happens.

Episode 8

2023-06-29 · 25m

Iemitsu sees for herself how desperate things have become outside the castle walls. She orders immediate action to prevent a peasant uprising.

Episode 9

2023-06-29 · 25m10.0

Lady Kasuga falls ill, causing worry over what will happen in the event of her passing. The plague finds its way into the Ooku.

Episode 10

2023-06-29 · 26m

Iemitsu steps out into the open and announces her intentions, creating major changes across the country.

Cast.

Mamoru Miyano

Mamoru Miyano

Madenokōji Arikoto (voice)

Eriko Matsui

Eriko Matsui

Tokugawa Iemitsu (voice)

Yuki Kaji

Yuki Kaji

Gyokuei (voice)

Kikuko Inoue

Kikuko Inoue

Lady Kasuga (voice)

Jun Fukuyama

Jun Fukuyama

Sutezō (voice)

Tomokazu Seki

Tomokazu Seki

Mizuno Yūnoshin (voice)

Miyuki Satou

Miyuki Satou

O-Nobu (voice)

Sanae Kobayashi

Sanae Kobayashi

Tokugawa Yoshimune (voice)

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