This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The heroine, Ejima, was a lady of the Ooku, the harem of Edo Castle in which the Shogun’s mother, wife and concubines resided, forbidden from contact with any other man except in the presence of the Shogun. The institution played a key role in the Byzantine world of Japanese court politics during the Edo era. In 1714, Lady Ejima was sent to pay her respects at a Buddhist temple in the city, and chose to pay an unauthorised visit to the kabuki theatre – a violation of protocol that was to have tragic consequences.
as 絵島
as 生島新五郎
as 宇津
as 月光院
as 天英院
as 家宣
as 家継
as 紀州公吉宗
as 間部越前守
as 新井白石
as 土屋相模守
as 秋本但馬守
as 安藤志摩守
as 奥山好竹院
as 山田宗円
as 宮路
as 梅山
as 友音
as 小のぶ
as 玉椿
as 市川団十郎
as 山中平九郎
as 滝井半四郎
as 藤村半太夫
as 山村長太夫
as 清七
as 津賀屋善六
as 後藤縫之助
as 岡本五郎右衛門
as 谷口新平
as 老中
as 仙石
as 井口
as 吉宗の家臣
as 津雲
as 阿部豊後守
