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Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire (2004)

NR May 26, 2004 Documentary, History 2h 45m
User Score
95%
2 votes
Internet Movie Database
75%

Overview

Japan blossomed into its Renaissance at approximately the same time as Europe. Unlike the West, it flourished not through conquest and exploration, but by fierce and defiant isolation. And the man at the heart of this empire was Tokugawa Ieyasu, a warlord who ruled with absolute control. This period is explored through myriad voices-- the Shogun, the Samurai, the Geisha, the poet, the peasant and the Westerner who glimpsed into this secret world.

Deborah Ann DeSnoo
Director
Lyn Goldfarb
Director
Joan Meyerson
Writer

Top Billed Cast

Michael Auslin
Michael Auslin

Himself - Nikko Toshogu Shrine
Beatrice M. Bodart-Bailey
Beatrice M. Bodart-Bailey

Herself - Otsuma Women's University
Richard Chamberlain
Richard Chamberlain

Narrator
Michael Cooper
Michael Cooper

Himself - Former Editor, 'Monumenta Nipponica'
Luke S. Roberts
Luke S. Roberts

Himself - UC Santa Barbera

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