Director
João Mário Grilo
Composer
Jorge Arriagada
Cast
Geraldine Chaplin, Yoshi Oida, João Perry, Yasukito Umeno
Edition 1997
84'
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1996
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Historical, Drama
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Dialogue:
Portuguese, Japanese
Julian of Nakaura, a Japanese priest of the Society of Jesus, was one of the four young ambassadors sent to Rome in 1583 by the Jesuits as proof that Japan had been christianised. Fifty years after that glorious mission Julian is once again forced to prove his faith, this time before the shogun's tenacious militia and courts, who want to force him to abandon his religion. Julian resists, and it is Miguel Chijiwa, one of his fellow ambassadors who leads him tragically to martyrdom. Betrayed by a Jesuit provincial who cannot bear the pain of torture, Julian dies an inglorious death... or perhaps not. In the Eyes of Asia, Nakaura remains one of the most profound and indecipherable symbols of the dialogue of the deaf between East and West.
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Credits
Directors
João Mário Grilo
Composers
Jorge Arriagada
Cast
Geraldine Chaplin, Yoshi Oida, João Perry, Yasukito Umeno
Scenario
João Mário Grilo, Paulo Filipe
Director of Photography
João Paulo Costa
Editors
Christian Dior
Producers
Paulo Branco
More info
Dialogue
Portuguese, Japanese
Countries of production
Germany, Japan, France, Portugal
Year
1996