Tokugawa Iemitsu to Edo Bakufu

📖 SYNOPSIS

"Tokugawa Iemitsu to Edo Bakufu" is an educational film centered on the life and policies of Tokugawa Iemitsu. As the grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, Iemitsu inherited a Japan that had just emerged from the Sengoku era. The film primarily focuses on Iemitsu's implementation of Sakoku, a series of policies designed to isolate Japan from the outside world. This xenophobic approach involved closing off the nation's borders, effectively cutting it off from external influences for almost two hundred years. The film explores the consequences of this isolation, highlighting how it fostered internal strife and ultimately contributed to the challenges Japan faced when it reopened its borders during the Meiji era, finding itself significantly behind the rest of the world in various aspects.