The 26 Martyrs of Japan (1931)
2h 32m
Running Time
October 1, 1931Release Date
The 26 Martyrs of Japan (1931)
2h 32m
Running Time
October 1, 1931Release Date
Plot.
Jesuit priests in Japan during the 17th century are persecuted by the shogunate to for trying to spread Christianity.
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Cast & Crew.

Kaichi Yamamoto
Petrus Baptista Blásquez

Yutaka Mimasu
Gundisalvus Garcia

Joji Oka

Kiyoshi Sawada

Yōnosuke Toba

Chiezō Kataoka

Yayoi Kawakami
Yodogimi

Naoe Fushimi
Hosokawa Gracia

Isuzu Yamada

Asako Yoshino
Okan

Kumeko Urabe
Ohisa, Mother of Antonio

Seiju Hirayama
Producer

Hiroshi Sakai
Director of Photography

Tomiyasu Ikeda
Director / Writer

Hirohisa Ikenaga
Executive Producer

Kenzô Masaoka
Special Effects
Media.




Details.
Release DateOctober 1, 1931
Original Name殉教血史 日本二十六聖人
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 32m
Budget$3,000
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This Movie Is About.
religious film
Wiki.
The 26 Martyrs of Japan (Junkyō chi-shi Nihon nijūrokuseijin) 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.