The Lady Shogun and Her Men
2010 · 116 MIN · IMDB 6.2 · 467 VOTES · DIR. Fuminori Kaneko
Overview
In the year 1716 a mysterious epidemic stickens men in the country of Japan, dropping the population of men to 1/4th of its prior state. With the drastic reduction of men, the gender roles have become reversed in Japan. Woman become the dominant members of society and males are sought out for the ability to produce children. A young man named Unoshin Mizuno hopes to marry childhood sweetheart Onobu, but due to class differences realizes this is almost impossible. To raise his social status and also save his poor family, Unoshin Mizuno enters the Ohoku (inner chambers of the Shugun's castle) and attempts to vie among 3,000 other men for the affection of the female shogun. What Unoshin Mizuno quickly learns about the Ohoku is that the men there are all beautiful, but highly ambitious and conniving. In this environment, the 7th shogun Tokugawa passes away and the new shogun Yoshimune Tokugawa takes the thrown and enters the Ohoku.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,126 lines
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00:00:43 The endemic that only men were affected
00:05:27 He has not experienced enough the feeling when his life is at stake.
00:08:52 That's shameful of them!
00:11:45 to our family than a marriage.
00:14:57 You are so very pitiless, sir!
00:19:35 Alright.
00:23:40 This is the place that house those who are worthy of our Liege's sight.
00:26:58 Are you not? Are you not?
00:29:36 I understand. Matsushima-sama, is it?
00:34:32 there are numbers of woman who are desperate to bear children
00:40:06 that cannot be built without daily practice.
00:44:41 And so when I was 23
00:49:58 put your sword back, Tsuruoka-sama.
00:57:21 Yes.
01:00:09 The future of this country.
01:04:31 you might want to consider visiting the Inner Chambers, my Liege.
01:08:00 What would you think of such a design?
01:11:43 he will surely catch our Liege's attention.
01:17:44 Bow down...
01:23:35 Do you have anything to say?
01:27:08 In any case, at the next morning's audience
01:33:28 ...cause them great distress.
01:41:29 Regarding Mizuno Yunoshin-sama
01:48:03 using the services of the secret guard, Saburoza.