Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Japan : memoirs of a secret empire / written by Joan Owens-Meyerson, Deborah Ann Desnoo, Lyn Goldfarb ; produced & directed by Lyn Goldfarb, Deborah Ann Desnoo.

Publisher, Date:

Description:

1 videodisc (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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

Empires (Television program)

Subjects:

Samurai -- History.

Shoguns -- History.

Geishas -- History.

Japan -- History -- Tokugawa period, 1600-1868.

Genre:

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Feature films.

Documentary television programs.

Historical television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Other Author:

Owens-Meyerson, Joan.

Goldfarb, Lyn.

Desnoo, Deborah Ann.

Chamberlain, Richard, 1934-2025

Chin, Michael.

Yasunaga, Gail.

Haugse, William.

Iwasaki, Dave.

Kaproff, Dana.

Saito, Toshihiro.

Heya, Kyōko.

Mulligan, Ellen.

Oka, Midori.

Urquhart, Sumiko.

Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)

PBS Home Video.

Other Title:

Memoirs of a secret empire

Empires (Television program)

Notes:

Originally produced in 2003.

"PBS Home Video"--Container

Director of photography, Michael Chin; editors, Gail Yasunaga, William Haugse; composers, Dave Iwasaki, Dana Kaproff; producer, Toshihiro Saito; art director, Kyoko Heya; research, Ellen Mulligan, Midori Oka, Sumiko Urquhart.

Narrated by Richard Chamberlain.

DVD, NTSC, region 1; Dolby surround stereo.

Closed-captioned.

Contents:

part one. The way of the samurai -- part two. The will of the shogun -- part three. The return of the barbarians.

ISBN:

1415700990

9781415700990

Publisher Number:

87787

Other Number:

54962223

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

162670

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD 952.025 Japan me