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What If Tokugawa Ieyasu Became Prime Minister? (2024)

What If Tokugawa Ieyasu Became Prime Minister? poster
Original title
もしも徳川家康が総理大臣になったら
Directed by
Hideki Takeuchi
Genre
drama, fantasy
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 50m
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

After Japan's prime minister dies from COVID-19, the government uses AI and holograms to resurrect historical figures. They appoint Tokugawa Ieyasu as the new prime minister and form a cabinet of other great leaders from history.

whimsicalthought-provokingfast-pacedsatiricalimaginativelightheartedspeculativetopical

What happens

『もしも徳川家康が総理大臣になったら』(もしもとくがわいえやすがそうりだいじんになったら)は、眞邊明人によるSF小説、ビジネス小説。2021年にサンマーク出版より刊行された。 内閣総理大臣が新型コロナウイルス感染症に感染して死亡したため、政府がAIとホログラムを使って歴史上の偉人たちを復活させ、徳川家康を内閣総理大臣とした最強内閣を組閣するという奇想天外な物語を描く。略称は「もし徳」。 2024年に映画版が公開された。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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