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Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire (2004– )
TV Mini-series | Documentary, Biography, History

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Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire (2004– )

TV Mini-series | Documentary, Biography, History

In the 15th century, the Tokugawa dynasty took power in Japan and held it for 300 years. They created an elegant yet rigid society bound by tradition and enforced with brutality. Things cannot remain the same for very long.

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Directors

Deborah DeSnoo | Lyn Goldfarb

Writers

Deborah DeSnoo (writer) | Lyn Goldfarb (writer) | Joan Meyerson (as Joan Owens)

Producers

Deborah DeSnoo (producer) | Lyn Goldfarb (producer) | Toshihiro Saito (producer)

Composers

David Iwataki | Dana Kaproff

Cinematographer

Michael Chin

Editors

Gail Yasunaga | William Haugse

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Updated May 26, 2004

Release date (First episode)

May 26, 2004 (United States)

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22 cast members

Name	Episodes	Known for
Richard Chamberlain Self - Narrator Self - Narrator See fewer	3	The Towering Inferno (1974)
Isao Machii Self Self See fewer	3	Ozzy & Jack's World Detour (2016)
Shin Ya-nae Self Self See fewer	3	Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire (2004)
Luke S. Roberts Self - UC Santa Barbara Self - UC Santa Barbara See fewer	3	Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire (2004)
Mariko Fujiwara Self Self See fewer	3	Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire (2004)
Toshihiro Satô Self Self See fewer	3	Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It (2019)
Michael Auslin Self - Nikko Toshogu Shrine Self - Nikko Toshogu Shrine See fewer	3	Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan (2021)
Beatrice M. Bodart-Bailey Self - Otsuma Women's University Self - Otsuma Women's University See fewer	3	Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire (2004)
James Kent Self Self See fewer	3	Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire (2004)
Michael Cooper Self - Former editor, 'Monumenta Nipponica' Self - Former editor, 'Monumenta Nipponica' See fewer	3	Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire (2004)
Daisuke Igakura Self Self See fewer	3	Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire (2004)
Ryonosuke Etoh Self Self See fewer	3	Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire (2004)
Alexei Podtheko Self Self See fewer	3	Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire (2004)
Eiko Ikegami Self - Otsuma Women's University Self - Otsuma Women's University See fewer	2	Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire (2004)
Cecilia Segawa Seigle Self - University of Pennsylvania Self - University of Pennsylvania See fewer	2	Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire (2004)
Hirofumi Yamamoto Self - University of Tokyo Self - University of Tokyo See fewer	2	Cool Japan (2005)
Harutoshi Takafuji Self - Nikko Toshogu Shrine Self - Nikko Toshogu Shrine See fewer	2	Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire (2004)
Keisuke Hoashi Self - Court Chronicler (voice) Self - Court Chronicler (voice) See fewer	1	Godzilla Minus One (2023)
Marco Neves Self - Joao Rodrigues (voice) Self - Joao Rodrigues (voice) See fewer	1	4 Horsemen: Apocalypse (2022)
Will Shin Self - Japanese samurai (voice) Self - Japanese samurai (voice) See fewer	1	Dine & Shine (2002)
Herbert Plutschow Self - UCLA Self - UCLA See fewer	1	Sightings (1991)
Makoto Takeushi Self - Edo Tokyo Museum Self - Edo Tokyo Museum See fewer	1	Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire (2004)

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