Movie: Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire

Top 5 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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    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.

  • Release Date

    2004-05-26

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    9.5

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