Episode 2 | Japan with Sue Perkins

Duration: 58'18''

Synopsis

Sue Perkins enjoys a night out with Kyoto's geishas, goes free diving with some ama divers and visits Hiroshima. In Tokyo, she explores how the Japanese are tackling the future.

Further Information

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Episode 1 | Japan with Sue Perkins

Episode 1 | Japan with Sue Perkins

BBC One | 2019 | 58'23''

Sue Perkins starts her journey in Tokyo, home to 36 million people. She trains with a female sumo wrestling team and meets a family who li...

Episode 1 | Japan with Sue Perkins

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BBC One | 2019 | 58'23''

Sue Perkins starts her journey in Tokyo, home to 36 million people. She trains with a female sumo wrestling team and meets a family who li...

Episode 1 | Japan with Sue Perkins

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BBC One | 2019 | 58'23''

Sue Perkins starts her journey in Tokyo, home to 36 million people. She trains with a female sumo wrestling team and meets a family who li...

Episode 1 | Japan with Sue Perkins

Episode 1 | Japan with Sue Perkins

BBC One | 2019 | 58'23''

Sue Perkins starts her journey in Tokyo, home to 36 million people. She trains with a female sumo wrestling team and meets a family who li...

Episode 1 | Japan with Sue Perkins

Episode 1 | Japan with Sue Perkins

BBC One | 2019 | 58'23''

Sue Perkins starts her journey in Tokyo, home to 36 million people. She trains with a female sumo wrestling team and meets a family who li...

Episode 1 | Japan with Sue Perkins

Episode 1 | Japan with Sue Perkins

BBC One | 2019 | 58'23''

Sue Perkins starts her journey in Tokyo, home to 36 million people. She trains with a female sumo wrestling team and meets a family who li...

Episode 1 | Japan with Sue Perkins

Episode 1 | Japan with Sue Perkins

BBC One | 2019 | 58'23''

Sue Perkins starts her journey in Tokyo, home to 36 million people. She trains with a female sumo wrestling team and meets a family who li...

Episode 1 | Japan with Sue Perkins

Episode 1 | Japan with Sue Perkins

BBC One | 2019 | 58'23''

Sue Perkins starts her journey in Tokyo, home to 36 million people. She trains with a female sumo wrestling team and meets a family who li...

More resources about Modern Japanese history

S01E04: Hiroshima | Days That Shook the World

S01E04: Hiroshima | Days That Shook the World

BBC Four | 2003 | 59'15''

Documentary recalling 6 August 1945, when the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, with testimony from American colonel Paul Tib...

Hiroshima

Hiroshima

BBC Four | 2005 | 1'29'06''

Dramatic reconstruction of the devastating impact of the first atomic bomb to be used against people on the citizens of Hiroshima.

08: Pearl Harbour to Hiroshima | Twentieth Century History

08: Pearl Harbour to Hiroshima | Twentieth Century History

BBC One | 1978 | 19'52''

On 7th December 1941, Japanese planes bombed the US fleet at Pearl Harbour. Programme looks at what caused Japan t...

S07E08: Miracle On The River Kwai | Secret History

S07E08: Miracle On The River Kwai | Secret History

Channel 4 | 1999 | 49'32''

The hospital created by the doctors and medical orderlies among prisoners of war of the Japanese in Thailand.

14: 1945: Fallout | People's Century

14: 1945: Fallout | People's Century

BBC Two | 1996 | 54'13''

Nuclear weapons make the world more dangerous than ever before. The destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 by atom bombs is haile...

15: 1951: Asia Rising | People's Century

15: 1951: Asia Rising | People's Century

BBC Two | 1996 | 53'34''

Through thrift, hard work and discipline, Japan and later South Korea enjoy economic miracles that bring growth, prosperity and conf...

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BBC One | 1980 | 28'47''

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03: Harmony of the Team | Inside Japan

03: Harmony of the Team | Inside Japan

BBC One | 1980 | 28'30''

Baseball has been played in Japan for more than 100 years, and it's now the country's most popular sport.

04: Factory Flower Office Lady | Inside Japan

04: Factory Flower Office Lady | Inside Japan

BBC One | 1980 | 28'29''

Looking at the life of two working girls in Japan, their opportunities and expectations as women in Japan today.

08: Love the Criminal, Hate the Crime | Inside Japan

08: Love the Criminal, Hate the Crime | Inside Japan

BBC One | 1980 | 28'08''

A look at the treatment of prisoners at one of Japan's largest prisons.

11: Thinking Ahead | Inside Japan

11: Thinking Ahead | Inside Japan

BBC One | 1980 | 28'07''

Film about the Japanese adaptability and flexibility in industry, shown through the organisation of the Mitsubishi company.

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