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[REVIEW] Ōoku: The Inner Chambers
Nov. 8th, 2011 07:33 pmŌoku: The Inner Chambers
Japanese Movie
Japanese Movie
Genre: Alternate History, Romance (?)
Cast:
- Ninomiya Kazunari as Mizuno Yunoshi
- Shibasaki Kou as Shogun Yoshimune
- Tamaki Hiroshi as Matsushima
- Horikita Maki as O-Nobu
- Tadayoshi Okura as Tsuruoka
- Sadao Abe as Sugishita
Synopsis:
In the year 1716, a mysterious epidemic stricken men in the country of Japan, dropping the population of men to 1/4 of it's prior state. With the drastic reduction of men, the gender roles had become reversed in Japan. Women became the dominant members of society and males are sought out for the ability to produce children.
A young man named Yunoshin Mizuno hopes to marry childhood sweetheart O-Nobu but due to class differences, realizes that this is almost impossible. To raise his social status and also save his poor family, Mizuno enters the Ooku (inner chambers of the Shogun's castle) and attempts to vie among the 3,000 other men for the affection of the female Shogun. What Mizuno quickly learns about the Ooku 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 takes the throne and enters the Ooku.
In the year 1716, a mysterious epidemic stricken men in the country of Japan, dropping the population of men to 1/4 of it's prior state. With the drastic reduction of men, the gender roles had become reversed in Japan. Women became the dominant members of society and males are sought out for the ability to produce children.
A young man named Yunoshin Mizuno hopes to marry childhood sweetheart O-Nobu but due to class differences, realizes that this is almost impossible. To raise his social status and also save his poor family, Mizuno enters the Ooku (inner chambers of the Shogun's castle) and attempts to vie among the 3,000 other men for the affection of the female Shogun. What Mizuno quickly learns about the Ooku 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 takes the throne and enters the Ooku.
Sukaretto says:
P.S. read at your own risks. will contain major spoilers.
i anticipated watching this, first because of the cast (you must be kidding right? Nino, Tacchon, Kou and Tamaki all in one movie? i must be crazy if i decided not to watch this!) and second because of the good reviews i've been reading everywhere.
as expected with the cast, they played their roles really well, oh yea i think Maki did well too. i won't rant much on how good everyone did, just Tacchon. GAWD FREAKING TACCHON! my pretty Tacchon! he's so beautiful, i'm envious of him, he's prettier than me! haha my complaint, he showed up in the movie not until after 30mins after the start and killed him off after 30mins of screen time. WTF? he did really really good, i think he was the best among all the cast. okay i'm biased hahaha. but that anger, jealousy, gracefulness and prettiness, he portrayed all those emotions in just 30mins. i love his sword fight with Nino. 2 sword fights! first with wooden swords then with real ones. and it was Nino who killed Tacchon! watching all Tacchon scenes, my heart was racing, i was so excited with every frame, with his every move, i think i love him more than Nino now haha.
the plot was pretty interesting, and i like Kou's character here. i was satisfied with the ending, except that they didn't kill Nino off in the end. they should've killed him. still bitter with Tacchon's death haha.
My Ratings: i'll give this 9/10 :)
