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千代田城炎上 (1967)

千代田城炎上 poster
Directed by
Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Country
Japan

How it feels

A woman joins the inner palace of Edo Castle and rises to a position of great power. This sparks a fierce power struggle among the women there that ends with the castle burning down.

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What happens

『千代田城炎上』(ちよだじょうえんじょう)は、1959年6月13日に大映が配給した、安田公義監督、主演・勝新太郎、新珠三千代による大奥を扱った時代劇映画である。 千代田城(江戸城)の大奥を舞台に、新しく大奥に採用された若き女が、一大権力を持つようになるまで、そして女たちの激しい権力争いの末に、城が炎上するまでを描いた作品である。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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