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The Eyes of Asia (1996) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1996 · 85 mins · Portuguese
- Directed by
- João Mário Grilo
- Starring
- Geraldine Chaplin, Yoshi Oida, Josí Abreu, Marques D'Arede, José Eduardo, Takeshi Ōbayashi
Jesuit priest Julião Nakaura, one of four youths sent to Rome in 1538 to prove Japan’s conversion, is forced 50 years later to reaffirm his faith before a Shogun demanding he renounce it. Nakaura and envoy Miguel Chijiwa resist; Chijiwa is martyred. Betrayed by Cristóvão Ferreira, who yields, Nakaura meets a grim end. A woman seeks her past.
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