Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire (movie)

Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire (movie)

  • User score: 9.5
  • Production country: United States of America
  • Producer: Deborah Ann DeSnoo , Lyn Goldfarb
  • Genre: Documentary, History
  • Release date: 5/26/2004
  • Run time: 165 min.

Movie description

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.

Actors

Michael Auslin

Michael Auslin

Role(s): Himself - Nikko Toshogu Shrine

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Beatrice M. Bodart-Bailey

Beatrice M. Bodart-Bailey

Role(s): Herself - Otsuma Women's University

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Richard Chamberlain

Richard Chamberlain

Role(s): Narrator

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Michael Cooper

Michael Cooper

Role(s): Himself - Former Editor, 'Monumenta Nipponica'

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Luke S. Roberts

Luke S. Roberts

Role(s): Himself - UC Santa Barbera

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