Film

She-Shogun

1990 · 1h 54m · History · Drama

IMDb

6.9

The rise to power of the famed Lady Kasuga no Tsubone, who established the 'Ooku' (the women's quarters at Edo castle) and acted as nursemaid to Tokugawa Iemitsu, the future 3rd Shogun is chronicled in this historical drama. Intrigue and suspicion abound as the two brothers Iemitsu and Tadanaga vie for the post of Shogun, while behind the scenes the remnants of the defeated Toyotomi faction, lead by Lord Ishida Mitsunari attempt to discredit the Tokugawa Shogunate and regain their former position as rulers of the nation. The hidden battles between Shogun Hidetada's wife and mistresses of the 'Ooku' come to light as they force the two brothers into a life or death struggle.

Yukiyo Toake

Yūko Natori

Mari Torigoe

Otsume

Kenichi Kaneda

Tokugawa Hidetada

Towako Yoshikawa

Oeyo

Daijirō Harada

Inaba Masanari

Haruna Takase

Kumoi

Naomi Hase

Ukifune

Natsuko Fuji

Kazuyo Asari

Midwife

Hirotaro Honda

Okubo Tadachika

Hiroyuki Nagato

Honda Masanobu

Keiko Awaji

Katsuyama

Mitsuko Kusabue

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Sayoko Ninomiya

Narrator (voice)

• Sadao NakajimaDirector
• Kōji TakadaScreenplay
• Daisaku KimuraDirector of Photography
• Masaru SatōOriginal Music Composer

Release date

January 20, 1990

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 54m

Genres

History, Drama