Movie: The 26 Martyrs of Japan

Top 10 Billed Cast

Kaichi Yamamoto
山本嘉一

Petrus Baptista Blásquez

Yutaka Mimasu
三桝豊

Gundisalvus Garcia

Joji Oka
岡譲司

Yōnosuke Toba
鳥羽陽之助

Chiezo Kataoka
片岡千恵蔵

Yayoi Kawakami
川上彌生

Yodogimi

Naoe Fushimi
伏見直江

Hosokawa Gracia

Isuzu Yamada
山田五十鈴

Asako Yoshino
Asako Yoshino

Okan

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

  • Release Date

    1931-10-01

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    7

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    3.5 starts
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    日本語
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