Plot Synopsis

Based on Fumi Yoshinaga's graphic novels of the same name, OOKU: THE INNER CHAMBERS is set in the historic women's quarters of Edo Castle, where gender roles have been reversed and eligible men serve as concubines to the woman shogun. When a mysterious plague causes a rapid decline in the male population, the nation's women are forced to take up the central roles of authority in Edo society. Curious as to why women take the names of men when succeeding the family line, Yoshimune, the eighth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, consults an archive of the Ooku called "The Chronicle of the Dying Day," which goes back to the age of the third Tokugawa shogun, Iemitsu. As she reads through it, Yoshimune begins to unravel the history of the inner chambers. All 10 episodes of OOKU: THE INNER CHAMBERS dropped on Thursday, June 29, 2023 on Netflix.