The newest installment in Fuji TV's "Ooku" series is about the women linked to the Tokugawa shogun line. This time, the focus is on Isonomiya Tomoko and her political marriage to the 10th shogun, Tokugawa Ieharu.
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Fuka Koshiba
Isonomiya Tomoko
Kazuya Kamenashi
Ieharu Tokugawa
Nanase Nishino
Oshina
Aoi Morikawa
Ochiho
Ryota Miyadate
Sadanobu Matsudaira
Chiaki Kuriyama
Matsushima no Tsubone
Ken Yasuda
Okitsugu Tanuma
Katsunori Takahashi
Ieshige Tokugawa
Takanori Jinnai
Munetaka Tokugawa
Masatô Ibu
Yoshimune Tokugawa
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Stageplay "Pandora's Bell (パンドラの鐘) " by director Kunio Sugihara. Live stream available on streaming service WOWOW.
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