Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire

The read

It runs long at 2h 45m.

Synopsis

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.

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Key crew

• Deborah Ann DeSnooDirector
• Deborah Ann DeSnooWriter
• Joan MeyersonWriter
• Lyn GoldfarbDirector
• Lyn GoldfarbWriter

Cast

• Michael AuslinHimself - Nikko Toshogu Shrine
• Beatrice M. Bodart-BaileyHerself - Otsuma Women's University
• Richard ChamberlainNarrator
• Michael CooperHimself - Former Editor, 'Monumenta Nipponica'
• Luke S. RobertsHimself - UC Santa Barbera

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