Details
Title: 大奥
Title (romaji): Ooku / Oh-oku
Also known as: The Inner Palace
Format: Renzoku, across five seasons
Genre: Historical
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Season 1
Episodes: 52
Broadcast period: 1968-Apr-06 to 1969-Mar-29
Air time: Saturday 22:30-23:25
Cast
Mimasu Aiko (三益愛子)
Tachibana Masumi (橘ますみ)
Sakuramachi Hiroko (桜町弘子)
Ito Eiko
Tsukioka Yumeji (月丘夢路)
Kato Haruko
Nakamura Takeya (中村竹弥)
Nakayama Jin
Fuji Sumiko
Tsugawa Masahiko
Kogure Michiyo (木暮実千代)
Otsuka Michiko (大塚道子)
Yagi Masako (八木昌子)
Season 2
Episodes: 51
Broadcast period: 1983-Apr-05 to 1984-Mar-27
Air time: Tuesday 22:00-22:54
Cast
Kurihara Komaki
Otani Naoko
Watanabe Misako
Kano Wakiko (叶和貴子)
Tsushima Keiko
Wakayama Tomisaburo
Nakamura Katsuo (中村嘉葎雄)
Kato Haruko
Tanaka Yoshiko
Sugita Kaoru
Takahashi Kaori
Sakaguchi Ryoko (坂口良子)
Fuji Mariko
Season 3
Episodes: 11 + 2 Specials
Viewership ratings: 14.2
Broadcast period: 2003-Jun-03 to 2003-Aug-19, 2003-Sep-02, 2004-Mar-26
Air time: Tuesday 20:00, Tuesday 20:00-20:54, Friday 21:00-23:54
Theme song: I Say A Little Prayer by kazami
Synopsis
"Ooku" is the story of the picturesque lives of the women living in the hidden, maze-like inner structure of Edo Castle. Inside, the women wielded their beauty and knowledge: some of them to win the Shogun's love, obtain political power, or to climb the ladder of the Ooku hierarchy. Their lives were filled with romance, hatred, anger, envy, tears, and persecution. Of the three-century history of the Tokugawa Ooku, this drama focuses on the last several years. It tells the story of the collapse of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the Ooku, and also the lives of the women who lived through these times. --Fuji TV
Cast
Kanno Miho as Lady Tokuko
Asano Yuko as Takiyama (Oyuu)
Ikewaki Chizuru as Maru
Adachi Yumi
Harada Ryuji
Kitamura Kazuki
Katsurayama Shingo
Okada Yoshinori
Nogiwa Yoko
Kimura Tae
Washio Machiko
Yamaguchi Kaori
Kubota Maki
Komatsu Miyuki
Katagiri Hanako
Hoshino Mari
Suga Kenta
Osugi Ren
Ishida Miku
Toyota Maho
Kamiki Ryunosuke
Mizukawa Asami (ep5,6)
Oka Mayumi
Kurenai Manko
Production Credits
Screenwriters: Asano Taeko, Sogo Masashi (十川誠志), Tomioka Atsuhiro (冨岡淳広)
Producers: Hobara Kenichiro (保原賢一郎), Tezuka Osamu (手塚治)
Director: Hayashi Toru, Sato Yuichi, Yamashita Tomohiko (山下智彦), Nagaoka Shouji (長岡鉦司)
Music: Ishida Katsunori
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