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Hugh first learned of the disaster while researching Japanese history in the months prior to launching the writers room.
She was shocked she had never heard of it before.
I felt like something of this magnitude should be studied and learned, she says.
As I started to piece together the Kanto-earthquake research, it felt perfectly in line with Hansus backstory.
He has two paths in life, and the earthquake completely shuts off one path, Hugh says.
He could have lived a completely different life if he hadnt been in Yokohama in 1923.
He carries with him the loss of his father and the loss of hope.
For Chapter Seven, war films provided a touchstone for all aspects of production.
Hugh also took liberties with the time stamps present throughout the episode.
The cast rehearsed the earthquake scene many times and shot it in one take.
Most of the set was resettable, but the enemy was actually time, LePere-Schloop recalls.
If it was a movie, we would have had a week to shoot that sequence.
Instead, we had one night.
