watch the man in the high castle season 1 episode 1

The Japanese are much looser about allowing former US citizens to continue their culture, and much less racist than the Germans, but they are still oppressive toward non Japanese citizens. Most non Japanese people are working class and down on their luck. The capital city is San Francisco, where the action in the show takes place. The Japanese Empire hasn’t been able to keep up with the Germans technologically or economically, and this is reflected in the Japanese Pacific States. Needless to say, there is also a resistance movement. Life is great, as long as you’re able to conform to the Aryan ideal at all times. There is a thriving middle class, however law, order, health and productivity are enforced with an iron fist. The American Reich continues the racist, oppressives policies of the Nazis, but it is economically stable and technologically advanced for the time. The Neutral Zone also serves as an escape for the types of people neither empire wants and as a hub for the continent’s thriving black market. The Rocky Mountain and desert states are the Neutral Zone, which serve as a buffer between the Japanese and Germans, who are in a Cold War. The West Coast states are now the Japanese Pacific States. The eastern and midwestern portions of the former United States are now part of the Greater Third Reich.

The two empires have divided the world between them, leaving various swaths open as lawless neutral zones. 17 years later, Hitler continues to lead the German empire, while the Japanese continue to be led by Emperor Hirohito. The Germans developed the atomic bomb first and dropped one on Washington DC, leading the US to surrender. Recaps of seasons 2-4 are here, at the show’s tag. Season 2 was one of the first seasons I recapped on the blog and I was still figuring out my style, so if I get time someday I may revisit it more thoroughly.įor now, let’s journey back to both the Amazon Prime Video of 2015 and an alternate version of 1962, where the Nazis and the Japanese won World War 2. Since I haven’t recapped season 1 yet, I’m going to spend some of that time catching up. Heil Hitler! We’ve got about 2 months before the November 15 release of the final season of Amazon’s chilling alternate history series The Man in the High Castle.

Watch the man in the high castle season 1 episode 1