Questa parte della storia si svolge durante gli anni '60 dell'800, quando il Giappone si trasformò definitivamente da uno Shogunato ad un dominio imperiale ed iniziò ad entrare in rapporti commerciali col resto del mondo.

Horror in the East: Japan and the Atrocities of World War II is a BBC documentary film series that examines certain actions, including atrocities, and attitudes, of the Imperial Japanese Army in the lead up to and during World War II. The film also examines attitudes held by the British and Americans, toward the Japanese. It was written and produced by Laurence Rees and narrated by Samuel West.