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What If Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa Was to Become the Prime Minister

What If Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa Was to Become the Prime Minister

2024•1h 50m•6.0/10
DramaFantasy

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6.0/10(5)

In the year 2020, when Covid-19 is rapidly spreading around the world, chaos ensues and people's daily lives are completely upended. A virus outbreak suddenly occurs at the prime minister's office in Japan. This leads to the prime minister's sudden death. The Japanese government then puts in place an unprecedented plan, which is to bring back the greatest leaders from Japan's past through AI holograms and form a super cabinet with them. These famous individuals include Ieyasu Tokugawa, Ryoma Sakamoto, Nobunaga Oda, and Hideyoshi Toyotomi. People are stunned and at the same time go crazy over the endless execution of policies by this new legendary cabinet. Risa Nishimura wants to become an announcer and currently works as a TV reporter for a broadcasting station. She approaches a government spokesperson, Ryoma Sakamoto, for an exclusive scoop. Due to an unexpected case, she realizes that something is going on behind this cabinet.

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Production

TOHO Studios, TOHO, Sunmark Publishing, Tristone Entertainment, Lawson, Akita Shoten, Quaras, Nippon Broadcasting System

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Minami Hamabe

Minami Hamabe

Risa Nishimura

Eiji Akaso

Eiji Akaso

Ryoma Sakamoto

GACKT

GACKT

Nobunaga Oda

Masahiro Takashima

Masahiro Takashima

Yoshimune Tokugawa

Noriko Eguchi

Noriko Eguchi

Masako Hojo

Tetsuhiro Ikeda

Tetsuhiro Ikeda

Tsunayoshi Tokugawa

Shinya Kote

Shinya Kote

Yoshimitsu Ashikaga

Mijika Nagai

Mijika Nagai

Shotoku Prince

Arisa Mizuki

Arisa Mizuki

Shikibu Murasaki

Naoto Takenaka

Naoto Takenaka

Hideyoshi Toyotomi

Mansai Nomura

Mansai Nomura

Ieyasu Tokugawa

Takuma Otoo

Takuma Otoo

Mitsunari Ishida

Koji Yamamoto

Koji Yamamoto

Toshizo Hijikata

Zen Kajihara

Zen Kajihara

Keiichi Morimoto

Suguru Adachi

Suguru Adachi

Takuya Yoshida

Kazutoyo Koyabu

Kazutoyo Koyabu

Toru Shimakawa

Yoshi Sakō

Yoshi Sakō

Manabu Mikoshiba

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