En 1939, Vivien Leigh, una joven inglesa completamente desconocida, acaba de conseguir el papel más codiciado de la época: interpretará a Escarlata O'Hara en "Lo que el viento se llevó", que le dará fama mundial y el Oscar a mejor actriz.

In 150 years, twice marked by total destruction —a terrible earthquake in 1923 and incendiary bombings in 1945— followed by a spectacular rebirth, Tokyo, the old city of Edo, has become the largest and most futuristic capital in the world in a transformation process fueled by the exceptional resilience of its inhabitants, and nourished by a unique phenomenon of cultural hybridization.