Shogun

The fifth shogun searches for a woman who would love him for the person he is, and not because of his title and rank. With over a hundred women to choose from,who will bare him a son and become number one? A tragic love story involving the fifth shogun of the tokugawa dynasty and a woman who became one of his concubines.

Tsunayoshi (1646-1709), the fifth Tokugawa shogun, is one of the most notorious figures in Japanese history. Viewed by many as a tyrant, his policies were deemed eccentric, extreme, and unorthodox. His Laws of Compassion, which made the maltreatment of dogs an offense punishable by death, earned him the nickname Dog Shogun, by which he is still popularly known today.

Fidèle à la promesse faite à ses anciens maîtres, le samouraï Matsuyama Kaze poursuit inlassablement sa quête pour retrouver leur fille. Toutes les pistes semblent converger vers la ville d'Edo, où le nouveau shogun Ieyasua choisi d'établir son pouvoir. Entouré d'ennemis, Tokugawa leyasu échappe de peu à un attentat et Matsuyama Kaze, à peine arrivé en ville, est injustement accusé d'en être l'auteur. Pour espérer retrouver enfin celle qu'il cherche, le rônin devra d'abord se disculper et confondre ceux qui ont à la fois intérêt à sa perte et à celle du shogun…