Two Jesuit priests face brutal persecution in 17th-century Japan, testing their faith and resolve.
Bleak and intimate. A full-attention watch that takes its time. Emotionally it is devastating.
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In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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