The Film
The Rebel
The Story
In Tokugawa-era (1637) Shimabara, oppressed peasant Christians revolt against the shogunate with the aid of charismatic Christian rebel leader Shiro Amakusa.
infighting peasant movement japanese painter japanese government christian faith tokugawa shogunate downtrodden farmers religious conviction internal conflict painter as artist class relations japanese new wave 17th century edo period revolt oppression ronin revolutionary torture poverty tax collector famine christianity
Runtime
101 min
Released Mar 1962
Gallery
The Stills.
