Ooku -War of the Belles- (2005)

Directed by

Toru Hayashi, Yasuhiro Kawamura, Hiroki Hayama

How it feels

Set in 1688 Japan's Genroku period, the story follows women living in the inner quarters of Tokugawa Castle. It focuses on the 5th Shogun's pursuit of pleasure and the uncertain succession due to his childless official wife and a disliked concubine's children.

historicaldramaticslow-burnintimatepoliticalmelancholicvisually lush

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