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Shiro Amakusa: The Christian Rebel
JAPAN · 1962

Shiro Amakusa: The Christian Rebel

Nagisa Oshima
religious persecution peasant uprising feudal oppression Christian resistance rebellion against authority
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Synopsis

In Tokugawa-era (1637) Shimabara, oppressed peasant Christians revolt against the shogunate with the aid of charismatic Christian rebel leader Shiro Amakusa.

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