Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire

Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire (2004)

9.5 165 min Movie
DocumentaryHistory

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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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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