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Kanagawa Prefecture (神奈川県, Kanagawa-ken?) is a prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of Japan. The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area.
The prefecture has some archaeological sites going back to the Jōmon period (around 400 BC). About 3,000 years ago, Mount Hakone produced a volcanic explosion which resulted in Lake Ashi on the western area of the prefecture.
It is believed[by whom?] that the Yamato Dynasty ruled this area from 5th century onwards. In the ancient era, its plains were very sparsely inhabited.
Kamakura in central Sagami was the capital of Japan during the Kamakura period (1185–1333).
In medieval Japan, Kanagawa was part of the provinces of Sagami and Musashi.
During the Edo period, the western part of Sagami Province was governed by the daimyo of Odawara Castle, while the eastern part was directly governed by the Tokugawa Shogunate in Edo (Tokyo).
Commodore Matthew Perry landed in Kanagawa in 1853 and 1854 and signed the Convention of Kanagawa to force open Japanese ports to the United States. Yokohama, the largest deep-water port in Tokyo Bay, was opened to foreign traders in 1859 after several more years of foreign pressure, and eventually developed into the largest trading port in Japan. Nearby Yokosuka, closer to the mouth of Tokyo Bay, developed as a naval port and now serves as headquarters for the U.S. 7th Fleet and the fleet operations of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. After the Meiji Period, many foreigners lived in Yokohama City, and visited Hakone. The Meiji Government developed the first railways in Japan, from Shinbashi (in Tokyo) to Yokohama in 1872.
Actors: Karen Austin (miscellaneous crew), Doran Chandler (miscellaneous crew), Timothy O. Johnson (producer), Peter Allen (composer), Brenda Strong (actress), Oliver De Caigny (miscellaneous crew), Lindsay MacAdam (producer), Hiro Kanagawa (actor), Jerry Wasserman (actor), Kirk Shaw (producer), Ben Cotton (actor), Hrothgar Mathews (actor), Dale Wilson (actor), Steve Woodley (miscellaneous crew), Leah Tanafranca (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: A woman witnesses the murder of a prosecutor by a criminal he is trying to convict. She informs the FBI, who then places her and her family in Witness Protection. And their lives are turned upside down. The agent tries to get the criminal but it seems he has someone in the FBI helping him. And when her daughter calls her boyfriend, it places her family in danger.
Keywords: witness-protection-programActors: Daisuke Asakura (producer), Shôji Sakai (editor), Takahisa Zeze (director), Masaki Miura (actor), Daisuke Iijima (actor), Jitsuko Yoshimura (actress), Fujiko (actress), Aki Sato (writer), Takehito Kotani (actor), Yoichiro Ito (actor), Kenji Otani (actor),
Genres: Drama,