Back from the dead. Part 3, Samurai.
- Date:
- 2011
- Videos
About this work
Description
A team of forensic scientists investigate the remains of a grave filled with thousands of skeletons at Kamakura in Japan thought to hold evidence relating to the Samurai warriors. The burial ground dates back to 1333. The stories behind six sets of remains are given - a husband and wife involved in a sword fight to the death, a warrior monk, a peasant boy soldier and memberso of the Joho family, captured and decapitated, their heads used as trophies.
Publication/Creation
UK : Channel 4, 2011.
Physical description
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color, PAL
Notes
Broadcast on 18 September, 2011
Creator/production credits
Produced and directed by Matthew Catling
Copyright note
October Films
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores4999D