2004
9.5 (2 votes)
2h 45m
Genres
Documentary
History
Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire
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.
Key Crew
Director: Deborah Ann DeSnoo, Lyn Goldfarb
Writer: Deborah Ann DeSnoo, Lyn Goldfarb, Joan Meyerson
Director of Photography: Michael Chin
Top Cast
Michael Auslin
Himself - Nikko Toshogu Shrine
Beatrice M. Bodart-Bailey
Herself - Otsuma Women's University
Richard Chamberlain
Narrator
Michael Cooper
Himself - Former Editor, 'Monumenta Nipponica'
Luke S. Roberts
Himself - UC Santa Barbera
