Japan

Japanese era of prolonged civil warfare among regional military rulers preceding unification.

Era of Tokugawa shogunal government in Japan, marked by relative domestic stability and distinctive urban culture.

Global armed conflict from 1939 to 1945, including war in Europe, Asia and the Pacific, mass civilian suffering and major geopolitical change.

Final years of Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate, from the opening of the country to foreign powers to the political transition surrounding the Meiji Restoration.

Major Pacific and Asian theater of World War II, conventionally dated here from Japan’s December 1941 attacks through its surrender in 1945; the wider Sino-Japanese conflict began earlier.

Japanese imperial reign period from 1868 to 1912, associated with institutional transformation, modernization and overseas expansion.

Period of Japanese colonial administration and resistance in Korea before liberation at the end of the Second World War.

Japanese era in which military governance under the Kamakura shogunate coexisted with the imperial court.

The Japanese aerial attack on the United States Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on 7 December 1941, prompting the United States to enter World War II.

U.S. and Japanese forces fought for Iwo Jima in a major Pacific battle.

One of the fiercest Pacific campaigns of World War II included the assault on the Maeda Escarpment shown in the film.

Tokugawa Ieyasu's victory was decisive in the consolidation of Tokugawa power.

Allied powers prosecuted senior Japanese leaders for wartime crimes at the Tokyo tribunal.

The 1877 uprising of former samurai in southwestern Japan against the Meiji government, ending with the defeat of the rebels and the death of Saigō Takamori.

The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing tens of thousands directly and exposing survivors to radiation.

Emperor Hirohito's announcement of surrender followed intense internal debate and ended fighting for Japan.

Volcanic island of Japan and major World War II battle site.

The U.S. state forming the broader regional setting of the film.

Port city in Japan.

The broad geographic setting of the story.