The Coming of the barbarians. 1540-1650

Description

In 1540, Portuguese navigators and Jesuit priests landed in a Japan of shoguns and samurai, where the arts of warfare had been refined to hitherto unknown heights of cruelty. Although Westernisms quickly became the rage in Japan, the Japanese soon recognized the long arm of colonialism. Christian priests and converts were persecuted and martyred and, in 1650, Japan shut tight its doors to the outside.

Runtime

52 min

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Geography

Genre

Date of Publication

[2005], c1989

Database

Films on Demand

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