The Lady Shogun and Her Men
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The Lady Shogun and Her Men is a Japanese film (also known as "Ôoku") set in an alternate Edo-period world where a female shogun rules and men are kept in a secluded harem, exploring gender role reversals and courtly intrigue.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Lady Shogun and Her Men canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13455783 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Lady Shogun and Her Men Context triple: [Kō Shibasaki, notableWork, The Lady Shogun and Her Men]
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A.
The Barbarian and the Geisha
The Barbarian and the Geisha is a 1958 historical drama film directed by John Huston and starring John Wayne as an American diplomat in 19th-century Japan.
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B.
Shogun
Shogun is a historical drama television miniseries based on James Clavell’s novel, depicting political intrigue and cultural clashes in feudal Japan.
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C.
Lady Fujitsubo
Lady Fujitsubo is a noblewoman in The Tale of Genji whose beauty and forbidden relationship with Prince Genji drive much of the novel’s emotional and political drama.
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D.
Lord of Sakamoto
Lord of Sakamoto is the feudal title held by Akechi Mitsuhide, the samurai general famed for betraying Oda Nobunaga during Japan’s Sengoku period.
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E.
The Lady and the Bandit
The Lady and the Bandit is a 1951 swashbuckling adventure film starring Patricia Medina and Louis Hayward, loosely inspired by the legend of the highwayman Dick Turpin.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Lady Shogun and Her Men Target entity description: The Lady Shogun and Her Men is a Japanese film (also known as "Ôoku") set in an alternate Edo-period world where a female shogun rules and men are kept in a secluded harem, exploring gender role reversals and courtly intrigue.
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A.
The Barbarian and the Geisha
The Barbarian and the Geisha is a 1958 historical drama film directed by John Huston and starring John Wayne as an American diplomat in 19th-century Japan.
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B.
Shogun
Shogun is a historical drama television miniseries based on James Clavell’s novel, depicting political intrigue and cultural clashes in feudal Japan.
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C.
Lady Fujitsubo
Lady Fujitsubo is a noblewoman in The Tale of Genji whose beauty and forbidden relationship with Prince Genji drive much of the novel’s emotional and political drama.
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D.
Lord of Sakamoto
Lord of Sakamoto is the feudal title held by Akechi Mitsuhide, the samurai general famed for betraying Oda Nobunaga during Japan’s Sengoku period.
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E.
The Lady and the Bandit
The Lady and the Bandit is a 1951 swashbuckling adventure film starring Patricia Medina and Louis Hayward, loosely inspired by the legend of the highwayman Dick Turpin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese film
ⓘ
film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ooku
ⓘ
linked to:
Ōoku
Ôoku ⓘ
linked to:
Ōoku
|
| basedOn |
Ōoku manga series
ⓘ
linked to:
manga
|
| centralTheme |
court politics
ⓘ
political intrigue ⓘ power dynamics between genders ⓘ social hierarchy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| depicts |
female shogun
ⓘ
secluded male concubines ⓘ shogun’s inner chambers ⓘ |
| explores |
reversal of traditional gender roles in Japan
ⓘ
romantic relationships within a political court ⓘ tension between duty and personal desire ⓘ |
| featuresFictionalInstitution |
female-led shogunate
ⓘ
male harem ⓘ |
| genre |
alternate history film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ period drama film ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniverseCharacteristic |
matriarchal political system
ⓘ
restricted movement of men ⓘ |
| hasOriginalTitleLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
Tokugawa-era style court (alternate history)
ⓘ
shogun’s palace ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult audience ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| isPartOf | adaptations of Ōoku franchise ⓘ |
| medium | cinema ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | role reversal of historical patriarchy ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
courtly intrigue
ⓘ
gender role reversal ⓘ |
| narrativeSetting | alternate Edo period Japan ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| portrays |
men as political pawns
ⓘ
women in positions of military power ⓘ |
| productionLocation | Japan ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Edo period (alternate history) ⓘ |
| title | The Lady Shogun and Her Men ⓘ |
| workOrigin | Japanese popular culture ⓘ |
| workType | live-action adaptation ⓘ |
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Subject: The Lady Shogun and Her Men Description of subject: The Lady Shogun and Her Men is a Japanese film (also known as "Ôoku") set in an alternate Edo-period world where a female shogun rules and men are kept in a secluded harem, exploring gender role reversals and courtly intrigue.
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