Mar 21, 1962
101 min
Full-HD

Shiro Amakusa: The Christian Rebel (1962)

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

Category

Drama History War

Country

Japan

Companies

Toei Company

Hashizo Ōkawa

Amakusa Shiro Tokisada

Ryutaro Otomo

Shinbei Oka

Rentaro Mikuni

Uemonsaku

Satomi Oka

Sakura

Sayuri Tachikawa

Minoru Chiaki

Mikijiro Hira

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

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