Os Olhos da Ásia ⁽¹⁹⁹⁷⁾

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Titre original :

Os Olhos da Ásia

Durée :

1h 25min

Date de sortie :

April 1997

Réalisé par : João Mário Grilo, Eduardo Condorcet
Ecrit par : João Mário Grilo, Paulo Filipe, Shūsaku Endō

Nakaura of Julian (Julião Nakaura), a priest of the Society of Jesus, was one of four young ambassadors sent to Rome by the Jesuits in 1538, as proof that Japan had converted to Christianity. Fifty years after the mission, which so fascinated European royalty, Julian was forced again to prove his faith, only this time before a Shogun, who wanted to force him to abandon his religion. Julian resists, as does Miguel Chijiwa, a fellow at the embassy to Rome, who become a martyr. Betrayed by Cristóvão Ferreira, who cannot bear the torture, Julian suffers an inglorious death ... or maybe not. All the while, a woman wants to discover her past...