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Man in the High Castle Episode Guide Man in the high castle episode guide Continue (Titles and Timebook Guide) Last updated: W, May 5, 2020 0:00 An alternative story of the resistance movement in occupied America, 20 years after Germany and Japan won World War II. Based on the 1962 novel by Philip K. Dick. List of episodes and details from: TVmaze TV.com available videos appear here - Powered by JustWatch American TELEVISION Series This article is about the 2015 television series. For the original 1962 novel, see The Man in the High Castle. The Man in the High CastleGenre Alternative Universes Alternate History Drama Dystopia Sci-Fi Thriller Created byFrank SpotnitzBased onThe Man in High Castleby by Philip K. DrIctarring Alexa Davalos Rupert Evans Luke Kleintank DJ Kvalls Joel de la Fuente Carey-Hiroyuki Tagawa Rufus Sewell Brennan , performed by Jeanette OlssonComposer (s) Henry Jackman Dominic Lewis Country Of Origin United States Original language (s) English German Japanese No. seasons4No. Episodes40 (episode list)ProductionSyable producer (s) Ridley Scott Frank Spotnitz Christian Bautitz Isa Dick Hackett McKinnon Christopher Tricarico Producer (s) Michael Cedar Jean Higgins Jordan Sheehan David W. zucker Production (s) Seattle, Washington Monroe, Washington Vancouver, British Columbia CinematographyJames HawkinsonGonzalo AmatEditor (s) Kathrynn HimoffRunning time45-70 minutesProplyceive company (s) Amazon Studios Scott Free Productions Electric Shepherd Productions Headline Pictures Big Light Productions Picrow Reunion Pictures DistributorAmazon StudiosReleasePriginal NetworkPripri. , 2015 (2015-01-15) - November 15, 2019 (2019-11-15)External linksWebsite Man in the High Castle is an American dystopia alternative history web series depicting a parallel universe where the axis powers of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan rule the world after their victory in World War II. It was created by Frank Spotnitz and produced by Amazon Studios, Scott Free Productions, Headline Pictures, Electric Shepherd Productions, and Big Light Productions. The series is based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Philip K. Dick. In a parallel universe, Germany and Japan divided the United States into the Great Nazi Reich in the east, with the capital of New York as the regional capital and the Japanese Pacific states in the west. These areas are separated by a neutral zone covering the Rocky Mountains. The series begins in 1962 and follows characters whose fates intertwine when they come into contact with newsreels and home movies that show that Germany and Japan are losing the war. The title of the series refers to the mysterious it is believed to have created the footage. The pilot program premiered in January 2015, and Amazon ordered a ten-episode season the following month, which was released in November. The second season of ten episodes premiered in December 2016, and the third season aired on October 5, 2018. The fourth and final season premiered on November 15, 2019. The flag of the Japanese Pacific States, part of the Empire of Japan Flag of Nazi America, part of the Great Nazi Reich The main setting of the series is the parallel universe where the Axis powers won World War II in 1946 after Giuseppe zangara killed United States President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933, which creates a series of events that include the Germans dropping an atomic bomb on Washington, D.C. The Eastern and Midwest of North America is a colony controlled by the Great Nazi Reich (GNR) under the aging Fuhrer Adolf Hitler. The colony, led by the Reichsmarshall of North America, is commonly referred to as Nazi America or American Reich, and its capital is New York. Western North America, now part of the Japanese Pacific states, is occupied by the technologically less developed Siova-period Empire of Japan, which assimilated its former American citizens into Japanese culture, although high-class ethnic Japanese are extremely fascinated by pre-war American culture. Japan's trade and science ministers work in the Pacific capital of San Francisco. The neutral zone covered by the Rocky Mountains serves as a buffer zone because of Cold War-like tensions between the German and Japanese blocs. Japanese rulers subject non-Japanese people to racial discrimination and less rights, while the Nazis continue to prey on minorities and to appease the physically and mentally ill. The excellent technology of the Germans is emphasized by the use of video phones and Concorde-like missiles for intercontinental travel. The views of many other countries, some of which have won, some of which have been executed by Allied leaders such as Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin, some of whom are doing well with American resistance, are shown in films collected by The Man in the High Castle. Starring Home USA, as pictured in the television series The Man in the High Castle. Although Denver is the capital of the neutral zone, Canon City is a major parameter. The German Reich also extends to Europe and Africa, the Japanese Empire includes Asia, and another buffer zone is present in the Urals, but most of the series is set in the former US and in Germany itself. Alexa Davalos as Juliana Crane, a young woman from San Francisco, outwardly happy, living under Japanese control. She is expert in aikido and befriends the Japanese who live in San Francisco. How Julian learns about the Man in the High Castle and his she starts to rebel. Rupert Evans as Frank Frink (seasons 1:3), Juliana's boyfriend at the beginning of the series. He works in a factory, creating copies of pre-war American pistols, and creates original jewelry and sketches in his time. Frank's grandfather was Jewish, which makes him the object of discrimination. When Julian disappears immediately after the police killed her sister, Frank was taken into custody. Soon after, he turns against the state and works with the American Resistance. Luke Kleintank as Joe Blake (seasons 1-3), a rookie of the underground American Resistance who is actually an agent working for the SS, under Obergroupenfuhrer John Smith. He transports a reel of the banned film Grasshopper Lies Heavy in the neutral states of the Rocky Mountains as part of his mission to infiltrate the Resistance. He meets Juliana and quickly falls in love with her, which calls into question his loyalty to the Reich. DJ Kwalls as Ed McCarthy (seasons 1-3), a colleague and friend of Frank's. He closely follows politics and is very concerned about the welfare of Juliana and Frank. The third season shows that Ed is gay. Joel de la Fuente as Chief Inspector Takeshi Kido, the ruthless head of Kempeitai stationed in San Francisco. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Nobusuke Tagomy (season 1-3), Minister of Commerce of the Pacific States of America. His true loyalty is ambiguous throughout the first season. Rufus Sewell as John Smith, SS Obergroupenfuhrer, was later promoted to Oberst-Gruppenfuhrer and then to the Reichsmarshall Colony of North America (near the end of the series becomes the Reichsfuhrer of the newly autonomous North American Reich), which investigates the Resistance in New York. He is a born American who served in the U.S. Army Signals Corps. At first he lives a comfortable suburban life with his wife and three children, but later moved to the family in Manhattan. Brennan Brown as Robert Childan (seasons 2-4; recurring season 1), an antique shop owner who makes secret deals with Frank. Callum Keith Rennie as Gary Connell (season 2), West Coast resistance leader and defender Abendsen. Bella Heathcote as Nicole Durmer (seasons 2-3), a young Berlin director who intersects with Joe and moves to the United States for a third season. Chela Horsdal - Helen Smith (season 3-4; recurring seasons 1-2), wife of John Michael Gaston as Mark Sampson (season 3; recurring season 1; guest season 2), a Jewish friend of Frank's who lives in San Francisco, who later moves to a neutral zone. Jason O'Mara as Wyatt Price, also known as Liam (season 3-4), an Irishman who is a black market information provider for Juliana. Frances Turner as Bell Mallory (season 4), leader of the Black Communist Rebellion (BCR) in San Francisco. Recurring Aaron Blakely as Erich Ryder (seasons 1-3), SS-Sturmbannfuhr, Carsten Nordard as Rudolf Wegener (seasons 1:3), a frustrated high-ranking Nazi official who trades secrets with the Tagami. Rick Worthy as Lem Lem Washington, owner of Sunrise Diner in Canon City and a member of the Resistance. Camilla Sullivan as Karen Vecchion (season 1:2), leader of the Pacific Resistance division, later killed in a shootout in Kempeita. Lee Shorten , Sergeant Hiroyuki Yoshida (season 1-2), the right-hand man of Inspector Kido, was killed in a bomb attack at Kempeitai headquarters. Arnold Chun as Kotomichi, a Tagumi aide who came from a parallel world after his hometown of Nagasaki was destroyed by an American atomic bomb. Bernhard Goher - Hugo Reiss (season 1), German ambassador to the Japanese Pacific. Christine Chately as Laura Crothers (season 1), Frank's sister, who is executed as a threat to seek recognition from Frank. Hank Harris as Randall Becker (season 1), a member of the Pacific Resistance. Allan Havey as Origami Man (season 1), Sicherheitsdienst (SD) operative sent to the city of Canon to exclude members of the Resistance. Burn Gorman as a marshal (season 1), a bounty hunter looking for a camp camp escape. Sean Ross as Shine Boy (season 1), a young albino man living in Canon City. Rob LaBelle as Carl (season 1), a bookstore clerk in Canon City who, as it turned out, is David's camp escape. Frieze, slain marshal. Jeffrey Blake as Jason Mayer (season 1), a Jewish member of the Resistance.
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