Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire (2004)

Documentary · History

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.

Cast

• Michael Auslin as Himself - Nikko Toshogu Shrine
• Beatrice M. Bodart-Bailey as Herself - Otsuma Women's University
• Richard Chamberlain as Narrator
• Michael Cooper as Himself - Former Editor, 'Monumenta Nipponica'
• Luke S. Roberts as Himself - UC Santa Barbera

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