Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire
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.
Top 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'
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