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The 26 Martyrs of Japan (film)

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began suppressing the church, and priests and laity are captured and executed in Nagasaki. Time passes and in 1862, about 250 years after his martyrdom, 26 of the martyrs are canonized in the Vatican.
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The film was generally well received by film critics and the Japanese Catholic hierarchy. Hirayama embarked on a tour of America to screen the film, despite
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This article is about the Japanese film. For the Catholic priests that inspired the film, see
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was produced by Seiju Hirayama, a Catholic landowner in
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martyrdom of twenty-six Catholic priests and layman
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26 Martyrs of Japan

Tomiyasu Ikeda
ja
Hermann Heuvers
Aimé Villion
Hirohisa Ikenaga
ja
Kaichi Yamamoto
ja
Masu Toyofushimi
ja
Naoe Yamada
ja
Isuzu Yamada
Chiezō Kataoka
Nikkatsu
martyrdom of twenty-six Catholic priests and layman
silent film
Japanese-occupied Korea
Franciscan order
Kinai
Kyoto
wreck of a Spanish ship
Hideyoshi Toyotomi
racist opposition



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