Identical parts, made separately,Put together on the assembly line.
相同的部件 單獨制造 在流水線上組合
High volume, low cost.
產量高 成本低
Around the world, a chain reaction.
在世界各地有了連鎖反應
Industry expands 700%.
工業擴張了700%
Mass production sweeps through North America and Europe,
批量生產橫掃北美和歐洲
Then spreads east to Asia.Japan.
之后向東傳播到亞洲 日本
For 200 years, cut off from the rest of the world.
兩百年來與世隔絕
A medieval way of life isolated from western progress.
一種中世紀的生活方式隔絕了西方世界的進步
But even here, change is coming.
但即使在這里 改變也即將到來
A barbershop in old Tokyo.
舊時東京一家理發店里
One man will help launch Japan into the modern age.
一名男子將推動日本進入現代
Iwasaki Yataro.
他就是巖崎彌太郎
Visionary, reformer, samurai.
一位富有遠見的改革家 日本武士
Determined to embrace the future,
他決定擁抱未來
He'll cut ties to the past.
他將切斷與過去的聯系
The samurai have ruled Japan for 600 years.
武士統治了日本六百年
A warrior class who live and die by the sword.
武士階層 因刀而生 卒于刀下