27° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL

AMAKUSA SHIRO TOKISADA

SHIRO AMAKAUSA, THE CHRISTIAN REBEL
by Nagisa Oshima
Country: Japan
Year: 1962
Duration: 101'


SHIRO AMAKUSA,
THE CHRISTIAN REBEL
During the first half of the Seventeenth
century, young Shiro Tokisada Amakusa,
the son of a ronin who converted to
Catholicism, lives in hiding because
it was prophesized that he would free
Japanese Christians. A revolt offers
the opportunity to come out into the
open and gather together an army
to fight Matsukura, the feudal lord.
The film was made for the star Hashizo
Okawa, who plays the lead.

Biography

film director

Nagisa Oshima

Nagisa Ōshima (Tamano, Japan, 1931 - Fujisawa, Japan, 2013) is considered one of the maestros of Japanese cinema. An exponent of “nuberu bagu,” his films depict the contradictions of Japanese society since WWII, in which growing materialism is flanked by strict observance of centuries-old rules, generating oxymorons and irresolvable conflicts. His most important films include Cruel Story (1960); The Sun’s Burial (1960); Night and Fog in Japan (1960); The Ceremony (1971); In the Realm of the Senses (1976), a true sensation because of its explicit sexual content; Empire of Passion (1978), which won Best Director at Cannes; and Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence (1983), which received a BAFTA for Best Score. His final film was Taboo (1999), presented in competition at Cannes. In 2009, the Torino Film Festival dedicated a complete retrospective to him.

FILMOGRAFIA

Seishun zankoku monogatari (Racconto crudele della giovinezza, 1960), Taiyō no hakaba (Il cimitero del sole, 1960), Nihon no yoru to kiri (Notte e nebbia in Giappone, 1960), Etsuraku (Il godimento, 1965), Muri shinju: Nihon no natsu (Japanese Summer: Double Suicide, 1967), Koshikei (Death by Hanging, 1968), Gishiki (La cerimonia, 1971), Ai no korīda (Ecco l’impero dei sensi, 1976), Ai no bōrei (L’impero della passione, 1978), Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence (Furyo, 1983), Max mon amour (Max amore mio, 1986), Gohatto (Tabù - Gohatto, 1999). 

Cast

& Credits

regia/director
Nagisa Oshima
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Nagisa Oshima,
Toshiro Ishido
fotografia/cinematography
Shintaro Kawasaki
montaggio/film editing
Toshiro Miyamoto
scenografia/
production design
Satoru Onishi
costumi/costume design
Akira Mikami
musica/music
Riichiro Manabe
suono/sound
Toshie Kanda
interpreti e personaggi/
cast and characters
Hashizo Okawa
(Shiro Tokisada Amakusa),
Ryutaro Otumo
(Shinbei Oka), Satomi Oka
(Sakura, la moglie di
Shinbei Oka/
Shinbei Oka’s Wife)
Rentaro Mikuni (Emosaku)
produttore/producer
Hiroshi Okawa
produzione/production
Toei
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