Episode guide
Ōoku: The Inner Chambers: Season 1
10 episodes · premiered Jun 29, 2023
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- Episode 1: Episode 1 Jun 29, 2023 · 1h 19m A boy is attacked by a wild bear, introducing a plague that affects only males.
- Episode 2: Episode 2 Jun 29, 2023 · 29m While visiting Edo, a beautiful temple chief named Arikoto catches the eye of Lady Kasuga, who tries to force him into giving up the priesthood.
- Episode 3: Episode 3 Jun 29, 2023 · 27m Together with Gyokuei, Arikoto begins his new life. He learns about a carefully protected secret, and the role he is now expected to play.
- Episode 4: Episode 4 Jun 29, 2023 · 29m Arikoto's wounds finally heal, and he's introduced to the other men in the Ooku, but they don't take kindly to him.
- Episode 5: Episode 5 Jun 29, 2023 · 26m Iemitsu orders the men to dress in women's clothing and amuse her. She remembers how, when she was a child, Lady Kasuga had taken her from her family.
- Episode 6: Episode 6 Jun 29, 2023 · 29m Though blissfully in love, Iemitsu is still not pregnant. Lady Kasuga finds a promiscuous man in town who bears an uncanny resemblance to Arikoto.
- Episode 7: Episode 7 Jun 29, 2023 · 26m With surprising good will, Arikoto welcomes Sutezo into the Ooku. Just when things seem to be going well, an accident happens.
- Episode 8: Episode 8 Jun 29, 2023 · 25m Iemitsu sees for herself how desperate things have become outside the castle walls. She orders immediate action to prevent a peasant uprising.
- Episode 9: Episode 9 Jun 29, 2023 · 25m Lady Kasuga falls ill, causing worry over what will happen in the event of her passing. The plague finds its way into the Ooku.
- Episode 10: Episode 10 Jun 29, 2023 · 26m Iemitsu steps out into the open and announces her intentions, creating major changes across the country.