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This one probably wouldn't be Chinmoku, as this film is from 1971 and is in colour.<br>Perhaps the film you're asking about is Nagisa Oshima's The Revolt, which showed at the BFI recently as Shiro from Amakusa, the Christian Rebel.<br>Its from 1962.<br><br>Best<br><br>Jasper<br><br>Midnight Eye: The Latest and Best in Japanese Cinema<br>www.midnighteye.com<br><br>More details about me on http://jaspersharp.com/<br><br><br><br><br>> Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:58:39 -0500<br>> From: bianca_briciu@yahoo.com<br>> To: KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<br>> Subject: Re: help!<br>> <br>> Hello Moe,<br>> The film you are talking about is made after a novel by Endo Shusaku and <br>> it is called Silence (Chinmoku in Japanese). I don't know who made it <br>> but maybe you find it after the title. All Endo's novels are about <br>> Christianity in Japan and very, very interesting.<br>> Best, Bianca<br>> > Hi everyone;<br>> > I just joined kinejapan and got a question, appreciated if one of u <br>> > can help.<br>> > I'm searching for a title to a Japanese movie. it's a black and white <br>> > movie probably made in 1960s and it's about prosecution of christians <br>> > in sixteen century Japan.<br>> > a blacksmith is told to make a cross and to make people walk on it <br>> > and those hidden christian who wouldn't walk on cross are branded <br>> > Christian and punished. this blacksmith who is not a christian has a <br>> > sister who is a Christian and make him see the light so to speck and I <br>> > 'm not sure but probably he refuses to make the cross or walk on it <br>> > and gets killed.<br>> > any suggestion?<br>> > thanks<br>> > Moe<br>> ><br>> ><br>> <br> <br /><hr />New Windows 7: Find the right PC for you. <a href='http://www.microsoft.com/uk/windows/buy/' target='_new'>Learn more.</a></body>
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