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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

20246.01h 50m

Overview

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.

Directed by Hideki Takeuchi
Written by Yuichi Tokunaga, Akihito Manabe
Produced by Yoshihiro Kubota, Yurika Koike
Box Office0Revenue: $6.8M

Top 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

Themes & Keywords

japancovid-19tokugawa ieyasu

About What If Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa Was to Become the Prime Minister

What If Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa Was to Become the Prime Minister is a drama, fantasy film released in 2024 exploring themes of japan, covid-19, tokugawa ieyasu. Directed by Hideki Takeuchi, it stars Minami Hamabe, Eiji Akaso, GACKT. 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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