Toru Hayahi's period melodrama Oh-Oku, The Women of the Inner Palace concerns the political maneuverings of many people surrounding a five-year-old boy who becomes Shogun upon the passing of his father. The boy's mother (Haruka Igawa) becomes one of the more powerful people in the country, but the wife of the boy's father (Reiko Takahiima) learns of the mother's secret affairs and plots to expose them for all to see. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide