The Christian Revolt

  • Drama
  • History
  • War
3/21/1962
101

Storyline

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

Director:
Nagisa Ōshima
Writers:
Toshirō Ishidō
Nagisa Ōshima
    • christianity
    • famine
    • tax collector
    • poverty
    • torture
    • revolutionary
    • ronin
    • oppression
    • revolt
    • edo period
    • rebel leader
    • 17th century
    • japanese new wave
    • class relations
    • painter as artist
    • internal conflict
    • religious conviction
    • downtrodden farmers
    • tokugawa shogunate
    • christian faith
    • japanese government
    • japanese painter
    • peasant movement
    • infighting

    Cast

    • Hashizo Okawa
      Amakusa Shiro Tokisada
    • Ryutaro Otomo
      Shinbei Oka
    • Rentaro Mikuni
      Uemonsaku
    • Satomi Oka
      Sakura
    • Sayuri Tachikawa
      Acting
    • Minoru Chiaki
      Acting
    • Mikijiro Hira
      Acting
    • Chōichirō Kawarasaki
      Acting
    • Yoshi Katō
      Acting
    • Kei Satō
      Acting
    • Tokue Hanazawa
      Acting
    • Eiko Maruyama
      Acting
    • Takamaru Sasaki
      Acting
    • Rokkō Toura
      Acting
    • Tetsuo Ashida
      Acting
    • Sue Mitobe
      Acting

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