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The Eyes of Asia (1997)
Directed by João Mário Grilo
History, Drama · 1h 26m
Julian Nakaura, a priest of the Society of Jesus, was one of four young ambassadors sent to Rome by the Jesuits in 1582, 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 Chijiwa
António Cordeiro
Mateus
Marques D'Arede
Giovanni Adami
J
José Abreu
Pedro
José Eduardo
Lucas do Espírito Santo
Rui Gomes
Sebastião
K
Kyioto Harada
Matazaemon
E
Edward Ishita
Edward Ishita
Y
Yûji Kosugi
Kurobei
Crew
- Director
- João Mário Grilo
- Screenplay
- João Mário Grilo, Paulo Filipe
- Novel
- Shūsaku Endō
- Director of Photography
- Jean-Paul Rosa da Costa
- Editor
- Christian Dior
- Producer
- Paulo Branco
Details
- Original title
- Os Olhos da Ásia
- Release date
- 1997-04-11
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Original language
- PT
- Spoken languages
- French, English, Japanese, Portuguese
- Countries
- Germany, France, Japan, Portugal
- Production
- Madragoa Filmes