Season 1

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  8.1/1024 votes

  The Way of the Samurai

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/26/2004

  Tokugawa Ieyasu unifies Japan and establishes a dynasty that will rule Japan for over 250 years.

  Director: Deborah Ann DeSnoo, Lyn Goldfarb

  Writer: Joan Meyerson, Deborah Ann DeSnoo, Lyn Goldfarb

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  8.1/1023 votes

  The Will of the Shogun

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/26/2004

  The grandson of Ieyasu, Tokugawa Iemitsu, tightens control over Japan's warlords and expels all foreigners.

  Director: Deborah Ann DeSnoo, Lyn Goldfarb

  Writer: Joan Meyerson, Deborah Ann DeSnoo, Lyn Goldfarb

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  8.0/1019 votes

  The Return of the Barbarians

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/26/2004

  Isolated from the West, 18th century Edo flourishes culturally and economically, becoming one of the liveliest cities in the world. But foreign forces are coming.

  Director: Deborah Ann DeSnoo, Lyn Goldfarb

  Writer: Joan Meyerson, Deborah Ann DeSnoo, Lyn Goldfarb