Civilisations: Rise and Fall Season 1 Episode 4 - Japan

Airdate: 2025-Nov-24

Episode summary:

For 250 years, Japan has thrived, largely cut off from western influence - until US gunboats arrive. In the face of an industrialised west, how will reformers, the shogun and the samurai class react?

About Civilisations: Rise and Fall series:

Four mighty civilisations – Rome, Egypt, Japan’s Samurai and the Aztecs. Their legends remain – now priceless artefacts reveal wh...Show more >