
Nakaura of Julian (Julião Nakaura), a priest of the Society of Jesus, was one of four young ambassadors sent to Rome by the Jesuits in 1538, as proof that Japan had converted to Christianity. Fifty years after the mission, which so fascinated European royalty, Julian was forced again to prove his faith, only this time before a Shogun, who wanted to force him to abandon his religion. Julian resists, as does Miguel Chijiwa, a fellow at the embassy to Rome, who become a martyr. Betrayed by Cristóvão Ferreira, who cannot bear the torture, Julian suffers an inglorious death ... or maybe not. All the while, a woman wants to discover her past...
Cast

Geraldine Chaplin
Jane Powell

João Perry
Cristovão Ferreira

Yoshi Oida
Julião Nakaura

Yasukiyo Umeno
Miguel

António Cordeiro
Mateus

Marques D'Arede
Giovanni Adami
José Abreu
Pedro

José Eduardo
Lucas do Espírito Santo

Rui Gomes
Sebastião
Kyioto Harada
Matazaemon
Edward Ishita
Edward Ishita
Yûji Kosugi
Kurobei
Carlos Martins Medeiros
António de Sousa
Itaru Takahara
Sr. Takahara
Diego Yuuki
Museum Director

Takeshi Ōbayashi
Martinho
Crew

João Mário Grilo
Director, Screenplay

Paulo Filipe
Screenplay

Shūsaku Endō
Novel
Christian Dior
Editor
Jean-Paul Rosa da Costa
Director of Photography

Eduardo Condorcet
Assistant Director

Paulo Branco
Producer
Georges Le Calve
Production Design, Costume Design
Sigeo Tamura
Makeup Artist
Heike Giessmann
Makeup Artist
Michel Vionnet
Sound Designer
Hartmut Eichgrün
Sound Mixer

Jorge Arriagada
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