Timewatch

Timewatch· Season 11 · Episode 15

A Diplomat in Japan: 1: A Clash of Cultures

S11E15·September 23, 1992·50m·BBC Two

A documentary drama based on the memoirs of English diplomat Ernest Satow. Arriving in Japan at a time of political upheaval in the 1860s, Satow quickly got to know the radical young samurai determined to overthrow the corrupt government of the Shogun and lead Japan into a new age. Part 1 of 2.

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