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Ōoku (1983)

Ōoku poster
Original title
大奥
Genre
Jidaigeki
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 10 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 49 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The series is set in the women's quarters of Edo Castle where thousands of ladies serve the Tokugawa shogun. It depicts fictional events woven into the historical backdrop of the Edo period.

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What happens

Ōoku (大奥) is a 1983 Japanese Jidaigeki television series. The story is set in whole Edo period in Ōoku and is fiction set against a background of historical fact. The Ōoku was where thousands of women work for one Tokugawa shogun and the part the ladies lived in Edo Castle. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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