Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire (2004)
Documentary, History
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.
Director: Deborah Ann DeSnoo
Director: Lyn Goldfarb
Writers: Deborah Ann DeSnoo, Lyn Goldfarb, Joan Meyerson
The 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
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