The 26 Martyrs of Japan

The 26 Martyrs of Japan (1931)

殉教血史 日本二十六聖人

Jesuit priests in Japan during the 17th century are persecuted by the shogunate to for trying to spread Christianity.

Date of release
1931-10-01
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 32m
Genres
Drama, History
Director
Tomiyasu Ikeda

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Interesting facts

The 26 Martyrs of Japan is a 1931 film released in Japan based on the martyrdom of twenty-six Catholic priests and layman in 1597. This silent film was produced by Seiju Hirayama, a Catholic landowner in Japanese-occupied Korea, who invested a huge amount of his personal fortune in producing this work, which was open to the public. Although it is a commercial film, it was produced under Hirayama's initiative with the cooperation of many people involved in the Catholic Church. It was the first full-fledged narrative film produced by the Catholic Church in Japan, which was in the process of becoming independent from the leadership of foreign missionaries during this period.

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