Underplayed Gems

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
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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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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