Ooku (The Inner Palace) -Episode One-

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TV Show: Ooku (The Inner Palace) -Episode One-
Romaji: Ooku Dai-isho
Japanese: 大奥第一章 / 大奥　第一章
Director: Toru Hayashi, Hideki Takeuchi
Writer: Taeko Asano
Network: Fuji TV
Episodes: 11
Release Date: October 7 - December 16, 2004
Runtime: 22:00-22:54
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

The series Ooku (The Inner Palace) uses the location known as the Inner Palace of Edo Castle to create a full-fledged human drama depicting the lives of the women living there.This series tells the story of the birth of the Ooku in the early years of the Tokugawa Shogunate.The Ooku or Inner Palace was created during the rule of the Second Shogun Hidetada. The organization and system of this palace was perfected by Kasuga-No-Tsubone, the nanny of the Third Shogun Iemitsu. The story develops while focusing on the life of this illustrious "empress", the most famous inhabitant of the Ooku. The main characters are Kasuga-No-Tsubone, Iemitsu and Oman, who is Iemitsu's first love. While focusing on the concubines, the series depicts the loves, tears, jealousies, intrigues and life struggles of the inmates of the confining "women's prison" known as the Ooku. Here's a story on a grand scale about the loves and hates of women.

Notes

Related titles:
1. Ooku 3 (Fuji TV / 2003)
2. Ooku (The Inner Palace) -Episode One- (Fuji TV / 2004)
3. Ooku (The Inner Palace) -Episode One- SP (Fuji TV / 2005)
4. Ooku -War of the Belles- (Fuji TV / 2005)
5. Ooku -War of the Belles- SP (Fuji TV / 2005)
6. O-oku: The Movie (2006)

Cast


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Yuki Matsushita	Reiko Takashima	Asaka Seto	Hidetoshi Nishijima	Mari Hoshino
O-fuku	Oeyo	O-man	Tokugawa Iemitsu	O-tama


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Tae Kimura	Kotomi Kyono	Maho Nonami	Ikkei Watanabe	Meiko Kaji
Takako	Oraku	Onatsu	Hidetada Tokugawa	Asahina