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Title:

Japan : memoirs of a secret empire [dvd] / An Empires Special ; written by Joan Owens-Meyerson, Deborah Ann Desnoo, Lyn Goldfarb ; produced & directed by Lyn Goldfarb, Deborah Ann Desnoo ; producer, Toshihiro Saito.

Format:

[dvd] /

Edition:

Widescreen version.

Publisher:

PBS Distribution,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 160 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Japan--History--Tokugawa period, 1600-1868.
Japan--History--Azuchi-Momoyama period, 1568-1603.
Samurai--History.
Shoguns--History.
Geishas--History.
Missionaries--Japan--History.
Tokugawa period, Japan, 1600-1868.
Geishas.
Missionaries.
Samurai.
Shoguns.
Japan.
1568-1868
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Nonfiction television programs.
Historical television programs.
Documentary television programs.
DVD-Video discs.
History.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Historical television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.

Other Authors:

Owens-Meyerson, Joan, screenwriter.
Goldfarb, Lyn, television producer. television director, television producer.
Desnoo, Deborah Ann, television producer. television director, television producer.
Chamberlain, Richard, 1935- narrator.
Iwataki, David, composer.
Kaproff, Dana, composer.
PBS Distribution (Firm)

Other Titles:

Empires (Television program)

Notes:

Originally produced in 2003. "Additional DVD material and packaging [copyright] 2010"--Container. Narrated by Richard Chamberlain.

Contents:

Part three. The return of the barbarians. Part two. The will of the shogun -- Part three. The return of the barbarians.

Summary:

Explores the period between the 16th and 19th centuries in Japan by examining the lives of shoguns, samurais, geishas, and the very few westerners allowed into Japan. Japan was then a world unto itself, closed to outsiders, and ruled by shoguns with absolute control. During this period, Japan transitioned from chaos and violence to a land of ritual refinement and peace.

Series:

Empires.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)526569787

UPC:

841887050845

Locations:

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)