TV series

Ooku

2003–2004 · 1 season

A stately, quietly tense costume drama of palace intrigue, where women scheme and suffer behind screens, and small gestures carry heavy emotional weight.

Created by: Tomohiko Yamashita, Toru Hayashi
Genres: Drama
Starring: Miho Kanno, Kazuki Kitamura, Yuko Asano

Overview: The mini-series revolves around the harem of a shogun in the Edo Period in Japan. The women jostle and compete with one another and with their lord and on occasion even wield more power than their master.

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Created by: Tomohiko Yamashita, Toru Hayashi
Genres: Drama
Starring: Miho Kanno, Kazuki Kitamura, Yuko Asano

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: power
class
love
betrayal
isolation
Places: single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild