Film · 1962

The Christian Revolt

Name: The Christian Revolt
Director: Nagisa Ōshima
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1962-03-21
Rating: 6.7

101 min · Directed by Nagisa Ōshima

Drama History War

6.78
ratings

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

Cast

Hashizo Ōkawa

Amakusa Shiro Tokisada

Ryutaro Otomo

Shinbei Oka

Rentaro Mikuni

Uemonsaku

Satomi Oka

Sakura

Sayuri Tachikawa

Minoru Chiaki

Mikijiro Hira

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Yoshi Katō

Kei Satō

Tokue Hanazawa

Eiko Maruyama

Takamaru Sasaki

Rokkō Toura

Tetsuo Ashida

Sue Mitobe

Kikue Mōri

Takao Yoshizawa

Crew

Director: Nagisa Ōshima
Producer: Hiroshi Okawa
Writer: Nagisa Ōshima, Toshirō Ishidō
Editor: Shintarō Miyamoto
Cinematography: Shintarō Kawasaki
Art Direction: Yasutaro Ima
Composer: Riichirō Manabe
Costume: Akira Mikami
Makeup: Masanobu Hayashi

Details

Studios: Toei Company
Countries: Japan
Languages: Japanese
Release: March 21, 1962

Themes

christianityfaminetax collectorpovertytorturerevolutionaryroninoppressionrevoltedo period17th centuryjapanese new wave

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