Ooku (2023)

For the 1968 drama of the same name , see Ooku.

Contents:  Season 1 • Season 2

Ooku

Details

• Title: 大奥
• Title (romaji): Ooku
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Historical
• Broadcast network: NHK
• Air time: Tuesday 22:00
• Related TV show: Ooku (KTV, 1968), Ooku ~Tanjou (TBS, 2012)

Season 1

• Episodes: 10
• Broadcast period: 2023-Jan-10 to 2023-Mar-14
• Theme song: Tanpopo by Ikuta Lilas

Synopsis

A depiction of the parallel world during the Edo period in Japan, the world started shifting the social management and power from men to women after a rapid decline of the male population due to a mysterious plague. The story centers in the ooku, also known as the women's quarters of Edo Castle, where male figures are replaced by females, especially the Tokugawa clan.

User/Viewer Ratings

5.00

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Cast

Tokugawa Iemitsu's Story Hotta Mayu as Tokugawa Iemitsu / Tokugawa Chie Takarabe Kahomi as child Chie Fukushi Sota as Madenokouji Arikoto / Oman Saito Yuki as Kasuga no Tsubone Oku Tomoya as Gyokuei / Otama Mashima Hidekazu as Inaba Masakatsu Tanaka Koutaro as Sunami Shigesato Sato Yuki as Wada Masataka Mizuma Ron as Katsuta Yorihide Yamanaka So as Matsudaira Nobutsuna Kodama Junichi (児玉純一) as Sawamura Denemon Nagai Masaru as Kutsuki Tanetsuna Saito Tomoaki (齊藤友暁) as Myokei Hamao Noritaka as Sutezo / Oraku Oshida Gaku as Mizoguchi Sakyo / Onatsu Tomiyama Eriko (富山えり子) as Matsudaira Terutsuna Nishijima Yoichi (西嶋陽一) as Nakane Masamori Wada Aoi (和田葵) as Chiyohime Okayama Amane as Murase Masasuke Tokugawa Tsunayoshi's Story Naka Riisa as Tokugawa Tsunayoshi / Tokuko Okamoto Miku as child Tokuko Yamamoto Koji as Emonnosuke / Minase Tsuguhito Ryu Raita as Keishouin Kurashina Kana as Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu / Omoto Tanaka Yua as child Omoto Honda Chikara as Takatsukasa Nobuhira Tokushige Satoshi as Denbee Nakagawa Daisuke as Akimoto Watanabe Eriko as Oe Kimura Miho as Omi Yoshizawa Hisashi as Makino Kunihisa / Aguri Uchida Chika as Makino Narisada Miyake Ryosuke (三宅亮輔) as Makino Sadayasu Nishikawa Sensatoji (西川扇里治) as Ichikawa Danjuro Yamamoto Gaku as Ryukou Isshiki Yohei (一色洋平) as Ohsuke Kanda Joe (神田穣) as Shinsuke Iijima Junko as Tokugawa Mitsusada Kimijima Mitsuki (君島光輝) as Tokugawa Tsunanori Sakagami Riria (坂上梨々愛) as Tokugawa Yorimoto Fukui Hiroaki as Ohishi Kuranosuke Tsukamoto Keiko (つかもと景子) as Kira Kozukenosuke Ishibashi Renji as Murase Masasuke

Tokugawa Yoshimune's Story Tominaga Ai as Tokugawa Yoshimune / Nobu Shimizu Kaho as young Nobu Nakajima Yuto as Mizuno Yunoshin / Shinkichi Kazama Shunsuke as Sugishita Kanjiya Shihori as Kanou Hisamichi / Omitsu Goto Yuira as child Omitsu Kataoka Ainosuke as Fujinami Shiraishi Sei as Nobu Hashimoto Atsushi as Matsushima Inoue Yuki as Kashiwagi Santoki Soma as Kakizoe Ohkoshi Seigo (大越晴護) as Ojoguchi Kokubu Sachiko as Manabe Akifuchi Miura Toko as Tokugawa Ieshige Matsukaze Risaki as Tokugawa Munetake Moriyama Noel as Tokugawa Ieharu Ochii Miyuko as young Ieharu MEGUMI as Ohoka Tadasuke Okamoto Rei as Ohoka Tadamitsu Katagiri Hairi as Ogawa Shosen Touma Ami as Tatsu Kurosawa Asuka as Matsudaira Norisato Takenoya Saki as Sayohime Sato Miyuki (佐藤みゆき) as Hotta Masasuke Fuchino Yoko (渕野陽子) as Nishio Tadanao Yamamoto Yoko (山本裕子) as Honda Masayoshi Ishibashi Renji as Murase Masasuke

Production Credits

• Original work: Manga by Yoshinaga Fumi
• Screenwriter: Morishita Yoshiko
• Producer: Funada Ryosuke (舩田遼介), Matsuda Yasunori (松田恭典)
• Director: Ohara Taku (大原拓), Tajima Akihiro (田島彰洋), Kawano Hideaki (川野秀昭)
• Music: KOHTA YAMAMOTO

Season 2

Ooku (Season 2)

• Episodes: 11
• Broadcast period: 2023-Oct-03 to 2023-Dec-12
• Theme song: Shiroiro Kagero by Aimer

Cast

Medical Story Matsushita Nao as Tanuma Okitsugu Adachi Yumi as Matsudaira Sadanobu Okamoto Keito as Ihee Nakama Yukie as Hitotsubashi Harusada Nakamura Aoi as Tokugawa Ienari Renbutsu Misako as Shigehime

Bakumatsu Story Furukawa Yuta as Takiyama Manaki Reika as Tokugawa Iesada Takiuchi Kumi as Abe Masahiro Fukushi Sota as Tenshoin Shida Sara as Tokugawa Iemochi Kishii Yukino as Kazunomiya

Production Credits

• Original work: Manga by Yoshinaga Fumi
• Screenwriter: Morishita Yoshiko
• Producer: Funada Ryosuke (舩田遼介), Matsuda Yasunori (松田恭典), Funahashi Tetsuo (舟橋哲男)
• Director: Ohara Taku (大原拓), Suenaga Hajime (末永創), Kawano Hideaki (川野秀昭), Kimura Takafumi
• Music: KOHTA YAMAMOTO

External Links

• Official site
• Japanese Wikipedia

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