Tempest (2011)

Tempest 2011 / テンペスト 2011 / Tempesuto , The Tempest

Set in the Ryukyu Kingdom during the latter days of the Tokugawa shogunate, a woman, who wants to complete her studies despite her gender restrictions, takes advantage of the disappearance of her stepbrother and disguises herself as a Eunuch named Son Neion. Later, still under disguise, she passes the exam to be a royal governments official. (Source: Asianmediawiki, DramaWiki) ~~ Adapted from the novel ‟The Tempest‟ (テンペスト) by Ikegami Eiichi (池上永一).