HENING
Stop!
This is the result if you don't deny your faith!
Flush him!
Praise be to You, Lord Jesus Christ
Open their clothes!
1633, Pax Christi (Peace of Christ),
Praise be to God
Although for us,
Lack of peace in this country now.
I never knew Japan, which at that time was a country of light.
But I never knew that country had become dark as it is now.
All of our struggles are over.
A new persecution, new pressure,
new suffering.
They use a slice that has been given a hole, so that the droplets will come out slowly
and result in prolonged pain .
Every water splash,
feels like burning coal.
Nagasaki Governor arrested four monks.
And one of our group headed to Unzen.
There are hot springs,
Japanese people call it "hell", at a glance, I think, it's just ridicule.
And on the other hand, I have to tell you, in fact.
Officials say to our Padre,
to leave Allah and the gospel of His love.
But they don't just reject for apostasy,
they ask to be tortured.
So that they can show the strength of their faith
and God's presence in them.
Some survive in the mountains for 33 days.
The story of their courage
gives hope to us priests, who stay here in hiding.
We will not allow our hidden Christians
who live in fear.
We only grow stronger in His love.
Ferreira is not together with us anymore.
This is the last letter.
Why did he disappear?
This letter arrived at us, when we were traveling from Portugal.
It takes years to get to us.
hidden, smuggled, paid.
And finally, given directly to me by a trader from the Netherlands,
who has other news too.
He is still alive?
He has lapsed,
he has denied Allah in public and surrendered from his faith,
and now he lives as a Japanese.
That is impossible.
Father Ferreira risked his life to spread our faith throughout Japan.
We can be here today because of him.
Yes, he...
He is the strongest of us all.
He wrote the letters
during the most widespread persecution.
Now the worse thing happens.
Thousands of people die, because of what we bring to them.
Thousands more have surrendered from their faith.
You say this trader brings news, but it hasn't been proven, right?
It could be a fabricated slander to further corner our faith.
Given the extent of persecution in the country...
Yes. However, considering there are many people there - who needs us too. - And in fact,
there is no other news about him.
and the news brought by the Dutch... Just a rumor, Father.
I have to conclude, if that's true.
If it's true, Father,
what does it mean
for Jesuits?
for all European Catholics?
For me, our mission is more important than before.
We have to go find Father Ferreira.
I don't allow it.
How can we ignore our mission?
Your mission, Father Garupe, is looking for news about Ferreira,
You have to find it.
Sorry, Father,
but this letter tells about the most terrible story,
But don't say anything about Ferreira itself.
Whatever happens to him is still unknown.
Everything we know about his fate,
only slander.
Allow me, Father Valignano, but...
I believe our mission must continue.
Do you know how many Christians, are executed by the authorities in Shimabara?
Thousands.
Tens of thousands,
Most of them are beheaded.
No, it's too dangerous for you.
Yes, but Father,
How can we ignore the people who have fostered our faith?
He who shapes our world.
And even if defamation is likely to be true
Then Father Ferreira is damned.
Right.
We have no choice but to save their lives.
Is your decision from your heart, huh? You two?
- Yes - I see.
Like our initial spirit.
So I must be sure that Allah has sent you there.
He calls you in great trials.
When you set foot in that country,
You step in into great danger.
You will be the last two priests who go there.
Two soldiers.
May 25, 1640.
Pax Christi (Peace of Christ),
Praise be to God.
Romo Valignano, when I start this line (letter).
I'm not sure that when they are finished
they will be able to meet you again.
But I want to keep your confidence in our mission.
And maintain your trust in us.
Careful.
Today, there is very good news.
Your acquaintance Mr. Chun found a Chinese ship for us.
The ship will smuggle our to Japan.
And he said, he had found the only Japanese in Macau.
Which will be our guide the most important in the country.
Come here, here.
Finally, we meet our first Japanese.
He is normal, you will know later.
But after almost two months, is only him.
Hey
Hey, wake up!
Come on, wake up.
He floats in the sea, the Portuguese bring it.
He is stranded here, he wants to go home.
Is he... Are you really Japanese?
Answer them, stupid.
They are Padre (Romo).
Kichijiro!
Stupid, they will take you home!
Where are you from?
Nagasaki.
What is your job?
He will do what you say.
Fishermen
Do you understand our language?
A little.
Yes. A little.
You learn from Jesuit Padre?
Can you, mean you are Christian?
No!
Not Christian!
A good guide for you, he is Christian too.
I'm not a Christian!
Christians are dead!
They...
They died on Nagasaki.
Listen to me.
We have money.
If you can help us, we can bring you back to your country.
We can take you home to Japan,
Do you want to go back to Japan?
I want...
I want to go home.
Not for the money.
Japan is my family's country!
I beg you.
Don't leave my here, Father.
I beg you!
Take me home.
He will be a good guide.
Promise me.
- I will clean him. - They will take me home!
Promise me.
Our guide...
He can't be a Christian.
He said he was not a Christian, But can you believe what he said?
I don't even believe he is Japanese.
And He said to them, "Go all over the world
And preach the Gospel to every creature,
also to people like this."
That is what our Lord commands. (Matthew 28: 19-20)
and when I prepare to do His work, I see His face before me.
He looks like He when ordering Peter.
"Feed my sheep,
Feed my flock, shepherd my sheep" (John 21: 15-19)
That fascinates me.
I feel so much love for that.
Garupe and I do not bring any item to Japan.
Except for our hearts.
And when it's quiet or storm during the cruise.
I remember 20 years had passed
since the persecution began.
Black Japanese land
filled with lamentations from so many Christians.
The red blood of the priests flowing.
Church walls have collapsed.
Shaba!
We have trusted that person with our lives.
Jesus even entrusts even worse.
Fast.
Come on.
Come here, come here!
Kichijiro, where are you going?
Kichijiro!
He is betraying us.
Kichijiro!
Ave Maria gratia plena, Dominus Tecum,
benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris...
The reality is that. What are you going to do, do it quickly. (John 13:27)
Padre (Romo)?
Hurry up! We don't have time.
There is no time! Come here, come here, come here.
What is this place?
Desa Tomogi
- Japan? - Please hurry up!
So unbelievers don't see you. So, come here.
- Gentiles? - Yes.
Come here, come here. Hurry up!
Hurry up!
Come here!
I'm sorry, Padre.
Too dangerous. More executions than before.
If they know that we are Christians, we will be killed.
God hears you.
Yes.
He who sent you to us.
Please
Please. Enter, enter.
Oh thanks.
We have little food. If you want.
You will be safe here until morning.
Sit down, sit down, please.
Oh Sorry. Sorry.
How can you live like this?
I mean, how do you live as a Christian.
When danger is so great.
Do you understand?
We pray in secret,
But we have our Jiisama (Elder).
- Jiisama? - Jiisama.
Jiisama.
Who is Jiisama?
Are you leading them?
You lead this village?
In prayer, in devotion?
The only sacrament that can do is baptism.
Spiritus Sancto...
We worship together with Jiisama.
We hide Christian images.
Amen.
But God still sees us?
- Right? - Yes, it is true.
Although we don't have priests,
until now.
Please eat!
Thank you.
Benedic nos Domine et haec Tua dona quae de Tua largitate sumus sumpturi. Per Christum Dominum nostrum.
Amen
Every Christian here is part of our secret Church.
This faith...
This faith that you have is so strong.
You have courage like this
Is there only faith like this or is it in other villages too?
We don't know about other villages.
We never go there.
Hmm... Don't go there, huh?
In other villages it is very dangerous.
You don't know who to trust.
Everyone is afraid of Inquisitors
Inoue-sama.
Giving info about Christians,
they will pay 100 silver pieces.
200 for a Christian brother.
And for a priest, 300.
- 300? - Yes
You have to go to other villages.
You must tell them that the priests are here again.
And we are here in Japan again, and it will be a good thing.
Is there a Padre
here who is called Ferreira.
Father Ferreira.
Have you ever heard of him?
He is like us.
- No. - No?
You don't eat?
You are the one who fed us.
They don't dare take us through the main road.
Hiding like this must be a heavy burden.
I feel filled with the love I feel from these people.
even though their faces can't be shows that.
Years in secret, make their faces become masks.
Why do they have to suffer so much?
Why does God make them bear such a burden?
This place is the safest here.
This cottage is a place to make charcoal.
When you hear this sound.
That is a sign from us.
If you hear another sign...
Hide.
Throughout the day we guard the door of our hut tightly closed.
and prevent making a little noise, don't let people passing outside hear it.
Only at night is safe for us
to go down to the village and serve the faithful.
Padre!
Consumption
I beg you!
Finally, they have priests to forgive their sins.
- Consumption? - Conshan.
Bless me Padre,
because I have sinned.
- Confession of sin (Conshan). - I have sinned!
in nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti
Again?
What? From the beginning?
Again.
We hear their confession all night.
But then, Padre...
Although we are not always sure
what they are doing.
And now Christianity brings love.
Honor for them for the first time
treated as God's creation, not animal.
And a promise that all their suffering will not end in vain.
but in safety.
We offer Mass at midnight.
Like they did at the Catacombs.
Quietly.
In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.
Amen.
Introibo ad altare Dei. Ad Deum qui laetificat juventutem meam.
da gente non sancta: ab homine iniquo et dolorose erue me.
Quia tu es Deus fortitudo mea: quare me repulisti, et quare tristis incendo, dum affligit me?
... cogitatione verbo, et opere: mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. Ideo precor beatam Mariam semper Virginem
Spiritus Sancto...
- Amen. - Amen.
We are now together with with God in "Paraiso"?
Paraíso?
- Yes. - Paradise?
Yes, Paradise.
- Now? - Yes.
No.
But God is now
And forever.
He prepares a place for all of us, even from now.
Arigatou gozaimashita / Thank you very much.
Sorry Sebastião for my impatience.
I am embarrassed by my frustration.
Now the child is safe in God's grace,
and that is the most important.
And you are a bad Jesuit.
I'm sick of being stuck here all day.
Eat.
We don't even know whether Father Ferreira is alive or dead.
Villagers never even heard about him.
These people are so scared.
There are fears over their heads, and fleas.
They have us, we entertain them.
How much longer can we do it?
We are asking for this mission, Francisco.
We pray for this during the training period (seminary).
God must have heard us and He heard us now.
May He lead us to Ferreira, so we will know the truth.
Do you think it is possible if the strength is shaky
and he humiliated himself on Inoue's Inquisitors,
by kneeling like a dog?
That's still a rumor.
Even if Inoue is a demon like everyone's confession,
Ferreira will remain for him.
One of us must go to Nagasaki and find it.
Too dangerous!
For us, and for people who protect us.
We send Kichijiro, he returns brings a message then we can act.
Are you angry?
Where is he?
He has never been here.
He is always drunk, you know he can't be trusted.
What can we do?
We must do something to find Father Ferreira.
Let's get out.
Let's take a risk.
Only for a moment.
Look.
That is a sign from God.
Don't move.
Someone is watching us.
Padre.
No, no, no. That is not a sign.
Padre.
Don't be afraid. It is okay.
We will not hurt you.
We are Christians, Padre. Christian!
Christian.
We need you.
No, no!
Sebastião, hey! No! Sebastião!
Padre!
We have scared you. We are sorry.
We want to ask you to come to our village, to Gotō.
People there miss our faith.
Our children need you.
We have no Mass, there is no confession.
All we can do is pray.
How do you know we are here?
Who told you? Is it one of the faithful?
There is a Christian from our village, Kichijiro.
Kichijiro?
Kichijiro us?
He said, he came here
with you.
Yes, but he is not a Christian.
Yes, (he is Christian).
It is true, he spoke denying God to Inquisitors,
Inoue-sama.
But that was eight years ago.
The whole family is sentenced to death.
He speaks denying God.
But he still believes.
No. No.
They need priest di Gotō.
No, Padre.
But Mokichi, we will come back here.
- No, no, Padre! - We will come back here.
I don't know the people of Gotō.
So I don't know, whether they can be trusted.
They are Christians. Like us.
Kichijiro told them to come here.
I'm not sure why.
Why did he do it?
Kichijiro took us here to Tomogi.
Only for a few days.
But one person will stay here? I beg.
We lose them.
OK.
The fear I feel during the journey fades away Because of the joy that greeted me, I was almost as big as I had.
Even when I saw Kichijiro who somehow welcomed me.
Come here!
I thank God because I brought me here.
On that day, believers receive new hope.
And I am updated.
Simili modo postquam coenatus est, accipiens et hunc praeclarum.
Calicem in santas ac manus suas venerabiles.
And they come to me.
deditque discipulis suis, dicens...
Not only from Gotō, Christians travel
through mountains from other villages.
I feel, God alone is so close.
Their lives here are so hard.
They live like animals and die like animals.
But Christ did not die for those who are good and beautiful.
That's quite easy.
The hard thing is to die for the oppressed and corrupt.
But here I know, I am one of them
and I share spiritual hunger with them.
Another prayer answered by Gotō.
There I know the first true news
from someone who might know about Father Ferreira.
Oh
Padre Ferreira.
- Yes, do you know him? - Yes.
- Do you know him? - Yes.
- Have you seen him? - Yes.
When?
He prays for babies and...
- Babies. (Infant) - Ba..i?
Babies.
- Babies! Baby! (Baby) - Babies.
- Yes! - Sorry, baby. (Infant)
And, sick, sick. (sick people)
Di, Shimachi.
- Shimachi. Shimachi. - Shimachi
But before that problem.
Oh where is that?
- Near Nagasaki. Nagasaki. - Nagasaki.
But it's very dangerous. It's dangerous to go there.
I don't know, I don't know.
They are desperate for real signs of faith.
So I provide as best I can.
I am worried they will judge the lack of signs of faith,
more than faith itself.
But how could we ignore them?
And finally, I have to part with my rosary.
Kichijiro!
Di Gotō, I'm really overwhelmed.
I baptize more than one hundred adults and children, hear countless confessions.
But from Kichijiro I feel the greatest need.
You don't take the rosary
I don't deserve it.
Why?
Because you have denied God?
Yes.
But only for life.
My whole family...
Inoue Inquisitor,
want us to give up our faith.
Stepping on Jesus with our feet.
Only once, just step on.
But they don't want to do it.
But I have done.
But I can't leave them, Even if I have denied God.
So I saw them die.
Wherever I go,
I see fire and smell of meat.
When I see you and Padre Garupe for the first time,
I start to believe
that God might bring me back!
Because in my dream,
the fire is no longer so bright!
Do you want me to hear your confession now?
Bless me, Padre.
because I have sinned.
Six days in Gotō and Kichijiro faith renewal
makes me feel that my life is worth
and that I really can be useful for people in this country,
at the end of the Earth.
People from Inquisitors, they are in the village.
They catch Ichizo.
We have been told...
... some of you...
... like this poor person...
... are Christians.
But we pay taxes every year...
... and do our duty for the country.
We worship Buddhas in the Temple.
I know well...
... that all of you are good people.
We just want to hear about...
... who's hugging...
... banned faith...
... and who...
... who hides them.
Before the time comes, we will know who they are.
Think of rewards for every information.
As much as this silver.
Don't look so scared.
We give them three days.
Release him.
You have three days.
We will release it.
But if we don't hear anything in three days...
... as an addition to him...
I will take three other hostages.
The four hostages will be sent to Nagasaki.
One of them...
... surely you are.
No, we are not afraid to die, Padre,
and we will never submit you.
Nobody has to die.
No. But we will be in danger good if you go or live here.
Therefore, stay high. Stay up
We will never give you up.
But they will continue to come if we stay.
They will destroy the whole village and kill all of you, when we hide.
No.
Yes, we have no choice, Mokichi. That is the only thing that can be done.
This will keep you from danger.
We can hide on the Kichijiro island.
My Island?
No. It makes no difference between here and there.
They will come to Gotō, They will search.
The same thing will happen (at Gotō).
No!
They have to go.
The padre must go.
That way, we will be safe!
You can't say that!
They come to spread the teachings of Deusu (Allah).
We can't submit them...
... to Inoue-sama's torture after everything they have done to us.
They have placed us all in danger!
We will not be in this trouble, if the Padres don't come!
Shut up! Shut up
We will protect...
... the Padres.
You will stay.
Now we have to choose two more people to join us.
I, Mokichi,
and two other hostages.
Who will join with me and Mokichi ..
and become hostages to glorify Deusu (Allah)?
Kichijiro isn't from here.
Why isn't he alone?
Yes.
For our good, will you go?
The officers won't be so hard on you.
The Tomogi people they want.
He is not here.
He could be someone who reports us.
I am not an informant!
Padre, let them know!
I am not an informant!
I have confessed all of my sins!
If you have received God's blessing...
... do it like that.
Glorify Him with your life.
Right.
Honor? What do you say?
True Christians must know!
I'll hit your head!
Hey!
I beg you!
Going from our place.
I beg you!
Padre?
Pa... Padre.
If we are forced to step on
God in fumie.
You must pray to be brave, Mokichi.
But if we don't do what they want,
will be dangerous for everyone in the village.
They can be put in jail!
Arrested forever.
What should we do?
Step on.
It's okay we step on it.
What are you saying?
Not allowed!
Mokichi, you can't.
Ne permittas me half a te. Ab hoste maligno defende me.
In hora mortis meae voca me. Et iube me venire ad te, ut cum Sanctis tuis laudem te, in saecula saeculorum.
Amen.
I made this for Jiisama.
Only this is what we have.
Until you come.
Take this, please.
In the name of Jesus.
Your faith strengthens me, Mokichi.
I hope, I can do a lot for you.
My love for God is so strong.
Could it be the same as faith?
Yes.
Yes. That should be the case.
These people
is the most loyal of all God's creations on Earth.
Romo Valignano I confess, I began to wonder.
God gives trials to test us and everything He does is good.
And I pray to live these trials like His Son.
But why should their exams be so terrible?
And why, when I see my own heart,
do the answers I give to them look very weak?
Hit it!
Everything does it as instructed.
But that isn't enough.
Do you think we were fooled easily?
We pay attention...
... from the way you breathe...
... becomes heavy now.
That's impossible!
Because we are Buddhist.
Alright!
We try in another way.
Spit this!
... And say...
... what you call Blessed Virgin...
... are prostitutes.
You... Spit... Spit this!
- Spit this! Spit! - Hurry up!
- You are Christian. - Jiisama...
- Your turn. This spit! Stupid! Spit! - Come on! Stupid. Spit fast!
It turns out you are also a Christian.
- Spit! - Come on! - Hurry up!
- Spit! - You are Christian? - Ingkari!
Go!
The old Ichizo doesn't do it.
Mokichi doesn't want to.
But Kichijiro did it where the others failed.
I have to believe he suffered along with others.
You are Christian too.
They are all Christians.
Catch them!
Hey drink!
They are given sake.
Like Roman soldiers who offer vinegar to Christ in the sacred heart. (Matthew 27:48)
I pray, so they remember the suffering of our Lord.
and take courage and tranquility from it.
Deus. (God)
Deus!
Paraíso. (Firdaus)
Deus-sama. (God God)
Accept Jiisama's spirit.
Jiisama's suffering has ended.
Accept him, Lord.
God!
In your glory.
I beg...
Jesus!
Mokichi lasted four days until he died.
At the end of his life he sang a hymn.
There is only his voice.
Village people,
who gather on the beach, always silent.
- Pick up the body - Good!
- Burn! - Good!
People watch closely,
so that his body cannot be buried Christianly.
Mokichi's body is so heavy with water,
so that the flame becomes smoke before his body finally burns.
Remnants of bones scattered in the sea,
so you can't do respect for them.
Romo Valignano, you will say that their death is not meaningless.
Surely, God hears prayers when they die.
But does He hear their screams?
How can I explain His silence to these people
who has experienced so much suffering?
I need all my strength to understand it myself.
This might be my last report to you, Father.
Today, we hear the news that the guards, are in the mountains to look for us.
So we decided would be safer if we separated.
They are right.
If we leave, maybe they are still alive.
Don't say that, that's not true.
And we don't hesitate. That will be our death.
Do we give up? What is what we do?
- Do we run away? - No.
After someone who has died for us.
They don't die for us.
Garupe, they don't die for us.
I feel like a coward.
Love me with you.
I pray to be as strong as you are.
Father Garupe will continue mission to Hirado.
And I will go back to Gotō.
Francisco, stay alive!
Stay alive!
Father, I apologize for my weaknesses and doubts.
And I beg you to remember Father Garupe and me
in your Misamu and your prayers.
Your obedient Son.
I imagine Your Son
nailed to a cross.
My mouth tastes like vinegar.
Is that Gotō?
Father in Heaven is blessed by your name.
I am just a stranger who brings disaster.
And that's what they think about me now.
I dream about St. Francis (Xavierius) us.
What happened to all the possibilities the noble ones he found here?
What have I done for Christ?
What am I doing for Christ?
What will I do for Christ?
I feel so tempted.
I feel so tempted to despair.
I am afraid.
The weight of your silence is frightening.
I pray but I get lost.
Or do I just pray to those who don't exist?
Which doesn't exist.
Because you are not there.
I pray for Your forgiveness.
If my report is now ends suddenly,
Don't think we are dead.
Because if Garupe and I die,
The Japanese church died with us.
I think I'm being followed.
Are you okay, Padre?
Sorry.
Padre?
Why did you come back here, Padre?
This place is dangerous.
We must be careful.
There is a prize of 300 silver pieces to hand you over.
Three hundred.
Judas only gets 30.
There are Christians near the village.
Not far away
We can hide there. I will protect you.
Take it. Please.
You must be very hungry.
Mokichi and my family remain strong.
I am very weak.
Are you?
You can definitely take care of yourself.
Don't be selfish.
I am like you.
I have nowhere else to go.
Where is the place for a weak man
in the world like this?
We want to confess to Mokichi and Ichizo?
In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti
"What do you want to do, do it immediately." (John 13:27)
Your Son's words to Judas at the Last Supper.
Is he angry when he says it?
Or do those words come from love?
Are you okay, Padre?
- You look so tired. - I am doing fine.
The fish you give is very salty.
I am thirsty!
- What? - I am thirsty!
- Our Lord says that. - Yes
- Take water. - Ah.
Kichi...
- Take water. - Kichijiro!
Kichijiro.
Sorry, I dropped the water, Padre.
I think something is wrong.
But never mind.
There is a river not far from here.
You can drink as much as you want.
Come here.
Capture!
Road!
Padre, forgive me!
Padre?
I pray for God's forgiveness!
Will he forgive him? Even me?
Praise be to God.
Who is your name?
- Monika. - Ah.
Like Mother St. Augustine.
My baptism.
This man is Juan.
He wants his name like our priest, Juan,
who died at Unzen.
There will be many more who will join him.
You understand.
Why... Why do you see me like that?
Why are you so calm?
We will all die!
Like that!
Sorry.
Sorry. thanks. Thank you for the food.
Thank you again.
Padre...
Our Father,
Padre Juan said that if we die,
we will go to paraíso (Firdaus).
Paradise.
Yes, that's true.
Isn't it better to die?
Paraíso is much better than here.
There is no hunger
Never hurt. No tax, no hard work.
Yes, of course.
Padre Juan is right.
There is no hard work in Paraíso.
There is no work at all.
There is no tax.
There is no suffering.
We will all be united with God.
There will be no pain.
I hope you guys stop make a lot of trouble.
Please.
At this age we...
... we shouldn't travel away with heat like this.
And dusty...
Especially this year the worst.
And everything really isn't necessary.
With just a little effort...
... to understand our point of view.
We don't hate you.
You alone caused it.
And you guys can...
... get rid of yourself.
No need to feel lost.
I will give you time to think about it.
Then you can give a reasonable answer to me.
Go.
No, not you.
You stay!
You understand, what do I say to them?
Is your Japanese good enough?
- I see your eyes. - Oh
And what do you think when seeing it?
They are stupid people.
Farmers.
God, restore their suffering and keep them safe in your hands.
They can talk to each other without stopping.
And without deciding anything.
But you understand, right?
Say what you mean.
All of that depends on you whether they are released,
if you want to say just one word.
Show them.
Denies your faith.
So what if I refuse?
Will you kill me?
The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church.
Just like the priests you massacred in Ōmura and Nagasaki.
We have learned from our mistakes.
Killing priests and killing the farmers make the situation worse.
If they die for their Lord, they think it only makes them stronger.
If you feel you have to punish someone, my law alone!
You don't talk like a good priest!
If you are a real man, a really good priest,
You must feel sorry for Christians.
Isn't that right, Padre, isn't that right?
The price for your glory is their suffering.
Padre,
Blessed be God, our Father.
Blessed be He.
Portuguese is a gift from your partner Father Cabral.
I am asked to translate for your benefit.
There is something to note that we may neglect in delivering subtlety (grammar) in your confession.
If you are told to speak only in Japanese.
Recognition? Uh...
We want to do it well
and we have a better understanding of your language
than you understand about our language.
Father Cabral never succeeded more than the word arigataya.
As long as he lives here, he teaches, but does not want to learn.
He hates our language, our food, our habits.
I am not like him, I am not like Cabral.
- Really? - Yes.
We have our own religion, Padre.
Unfortunately you don't know yet.
No no, no. We only think in different ways.
Right.
You believe that our Buddha is just a human.
Only humans.
Even a Buddha dies.
Like everyone.
- He is not the Creator. - You don't understand.
Padre, only Christians see the Buddha as just an ordinary human being.
Our Buddha is a form that can be achieved by humans.
Something bigger than himself, if he can overcome all his illusions.
But you are attached to your illusion and call it faith.
No, you don't understand.
If someone follows God's commands,
then he will have a peaceful and happy life .
Yes. I see.
Padre, this is very simple!
"Korobu"
Have you ever heard that word?...
"Korobu"
means to fall, lose,
give up from faith.
Apostasy, as you will say.
Do that.
If you are not apostate, the prisoners will be hung above the hole.
Until you do it (apostasy), their lives have blood, drop by drop.
Some last a few days, some don't.
They die.
They tortured Father Porro and Cassola above the hole.
Have you ever heard of them?
There is also someone called Pedro.
And of course Ferreira.
Ferreira?
Do you know him?
I have heard of him.
No doubt about it. He is now famous throughout Japan.
A priest with a Japanese name and a Japanese wife.
- I don't believe you. - You can ask anyone.
People on Nagasaki recognize and admire him.
He is very respected at the moment,
I believe that why did he come here from the beginning.
Arrogant people. Like all of them.
Which means he will eventually fall.
I think that martyrdom will be my safety.
Please, help God, don't let me get embarrassed.
Look! He is so big!
God is my refuge and my liberator.
My God is my helper, and in Him I put my trust.
With priceless blood, which was spilled by our Eternal King,
which is intended for the redemption of the world.
Why did you follow me?
Stop following me!
Thank God for good days here.
Jesus taught me to love everyone.
But I can't feel love for those who tortured our friends to death.
I'm angry. I can't love them.
Even the guard has been touched by Your hand, Lord.
I feel guilty.
I wonder if this unbroken peace...
From his origin my safety.
... is proof that my death will not be long.
I will not falter.
I see your Son's life so clearly, almost the same as my life.
And his face, take all fear from me.
That is the face that I remember from childhood.
Speak to me.
I am sure of that
Promise, "I will not leave you."
"I won't leave you"
"I won't leave you." (Hebrews 13: 5)
Use it.
You should be respected. The clothes are those worn by our priests.
Father Rodrigues from Portugal, right?
Sorry, Padre, for my words.
My language is not very good.
But Your Honor, Governor Chikugo,
worry about your comfort.
Comfort?
Maybe inconvenience.
Discomfort. Right
About why you are here, if you feel uncomfortable,
just say it.
Your trip is so far away.
Many dangers.
The power of your resolve really touches us.
We know you are also suffering a lot.
We don't want to add to your suffering.
And the thoughts that we might do are so painful for us too.
Thank you.
Padre.
Your doctrine brought by you,
might be true in Spain and Portugal.
but we have learned carefully.
Think about it longer.
And find it that it's useless and there's no value in Japan.
We conclude that it's dangerous.
But we believe we have brought you the truth.
And this truth is universal.
This applies to all countries and at any time.
That is why we call it truth.
If a doctrine is not true here in Japan as in Portugal,
then we can't call it truth.
I see you don't work with your own hand, Father.
But everyone knows that a tree that develops in one type of earth will rot and die elsewhere.
This is the same as the Christian tree.
The leaves rot here.
The shoots die.
Not the soil that has killed the bud.
There are already 300,000 Christians here in Japan, before that land...
Yes?
Poisoned.
You don't have an answer?
Why should you? You...
You will never change my heart.
And it seems like I won't change your heart.
Do you want to test my faith? Give me a real challenge.
Take me to Inquisitors.
Take me to Inoue-sama.
Why are they laughing?
I don't say anything funny. Why are they laughing?
Because, Padre...
Because...
I am the Governor of Chikugo.
I am that Inquisitor.
I am Inoue.
How long... How much longer do they have to work like this while in the rain?
Until it's finished.
Go! Exit!
Padre. Padre! Padre!
Please listen to me.
They threaten me.
I have never taken their money!
I don't betray you for money!
I am a Christian. I am Christian.
Be careful with him, Padre.
Maybe Inoue-sama paid him so we step on it.
No, he doesn't pay me.
Please Padre, let I confess my sins.
Padre...
I know I smell.
I smell sin.
I want to confess again, so God can cleanse me.
Why did you come here?
What is for forgiveness?
Do you have a little understanding what is forgiveness?
Do you understand what I say?
A few years ago,
I should be able to die become a good Christian.
At that time there was no persecution!
Why am I born now?
Very unfair!
Sorry.
Do you still believe?
In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti
I bless Padre, because I have sinned.
Forgive me for being so weak.
Forgive me for what happened.
Forgive me for what I did to you.
Please help me Padre... Forgive my sin.
I will try again to be strong!
Father, how can Jesus love poor people like this?
There is a crime around this place.
I feel its strength, even its beauty.
But nothing in this person.
He doesn't deserve to be called a crime.
ego te absolvo a peccatis tuis in nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti
Go in peace.
I feel...
I am... I'm afraid. Jesus, forgive me.
I may not be worthy of you.
This is only a formality.
Only one step needs to be done.
We don't ask you to do it sincerely.
Just putting your feet there won't betray your faith.
I don't really care.
The faster you do it...
... the faster we exit from the sun.
Just touch it with your feet, slowly if you want.
It's up to you want...
... and you will be free soon.
Ikitsuki-jima, Kuboura, Chokichi.
That's just a picture.
Put your feet on it.
Now.
Next.
Onajiku, Haru.
What about you?
That's useless.
Now.
Next.
Onajiku, Tobe.
You can do it slowly.
Then you will be free.
Now.
Just step on it.
Do it.
Next.
Onajiku, Wataichi.
Only one step.
Now...
You definitely want to be free.
Free!
Put your feet on it!
Take them all back.
Leave him behind.
Thank God have heard my prayer.
This is what happens to Christians.
But...
... I will show an example how to avoid that fate.
Take him here.
Do it.
Just put your foot there.
Look so easily?
I assume he has done it.
But look so simple at the movement.
Not even as difficult as bending.
Not difficult isn't it?
Or running.
Go now!
Get out of here!
You see?
He lives for his obligations.
Like that.
Ah. Sorry I have ignored you over the past few days, Padre.
But I have business in Hirado.
I hope you can go there one day.
I'm sure there are very beautiful there.
There is an interesting story about a daimyo who ruled there.
He has four concubines. Four!
They are all beautiful, but they...
Sorry.
Maybe this is not an story for a celibate priest.
It's okay. Please continue.
In this case, the daimyo concubines are all jealous.
and they fight and fight nonstop.
So that the daimyo of Hirado drove them out of his palace.
and peace comes back in his life.
Do you think this story has a lesson?
Yes.
That he is a very wise person.
I am happy.
That means you understand it daimyo like Japan,
and the concubines are Spanish,
Portugal, Netherlands, England.
Each one tries to get the benefits of the other
and in the process of destroying his house!
Because you say this person is wise,
You will understand why we must ban Christians.
OK,
Our church teaches monogamy.
Oh
One wife only.
What if Japan chooses one of the legitimate wives of the four people?
You mean Portugal.
No.
I mean, Holy Church.
Do you think it will be better for a man
forgetting foreign women and choosing someone from their own people?
Ethnic groups do not become so important when they become a marriage
The important thing is love.
Love and loyalty.
Ah, love.
Padre,
there is a man who suffers because of persistent love from an ugly woman.
Is that missionary work for you?
An ugly woman?
Alright...
Yes.
How do you call a woman who can't give birth to a child?
- barren? - A woman who is barren
can't be a legitimate wife.
If the gospel has lost its direction here, it is not the fault of the Church.
That is their fault
which separates the faithful from their faith
like a husband from his wife.
Do you mean me?
Padre,
Your missionaries don't seem to know Japan.
And you, Dear Inquisitor,
seems not to know Christianity.
There are people who think that your religion is a curse.
I don't.
I see it in another way.
But it's still dangerous.
I want you to think about the persistent love of an ugly woman
and how a barren woman will never be a wife.
Padre!
Padre! Help me, Padre!
Padre! Padre!
Padre!
Where do you take them?
Padre! Padre!
Padre!
You will travel today.
Sit down. I think, it will be better for you.
Please.
Padre.
How do you feel today?
I'm sure the air is fresh.
even though you are in our new prison .
The old prison was very hard to the Padres.
- Rain, wind... - Sorry. Excuse me.
When will Inoue-sama be here?
Oh He won't come today.
Do you miss him?
He treats me well.
Eat three times a day so that my body will betray my heart.
That's your plan, right?
That's what you are waiting for.
- Not at all. - No?
But we are waiting for someone today.
Inoue-sama wants you to meet him.
He will be here for a moment.
He is Portuguese like you.
You definitely want to talk a lot with him, right?
Ferreira.
Is he what you expect?
- I want to talk to him. - No need to rush.
It's too early. There is still a lot of time.
Tell me. Does he know I'm here?
I can't tell you.
I can't talk about _ Inquisitor's office matters.
But, I can tell you,
he knows you are still alive because we told him you were apostate.
Now, do you know for do they use the mat?
No.
Look. The guard.
What does he say to Father Garupe?
Maybe this.
If you are truly a Christian, you will fall away
and don't let them die.
You know, the inquisitor promises if Father Garupe renegades,
the four of them will be released.
I hope Father Garupe agrees.
I should tell you, These Christians have stepped on it
and deny their faith in the Inquisitor's office.
If they do what you want, release them.
Release them. They have done what you want.
So release them. I beg.
Please! Please! Please! Release them!
We don't want them.
Four farmers?
There are still hundreds of Christian farmers
on the coastal islands.
- No! - We want Padre to deny,
and become an example for them.
No, I beg you!
Oh, fall away! Fall away!
for their sake, God, don't let this happen to us!
Take me instead!
No!
No, no, no! Garupe, no!
No, no, no! No!
No!
Oh, I beg you! Please, please!
A terrible effort! Terrible!
No matter how many times you see it.
Think about the suffering that caused you to those people
just because of your selfish dreams about Christian Japan.
Deus (Allah) you punish Japan through you!
At least Garupe is clean.
But you, you don't have the will!
You don't deserve to be called as a priest.
My God. My God. Why did you leave me?
I am your child.
Your son has been crucified.
You are silent, even to Him.
Your son who is silent and cold
Oh no, no.
It's ridiculous. Ludicrous.
Stupid.
He will not answer.
Do you want me to enter you there?
Someday.
Padre.
Mari, Padre.
Our priests do not like your priests,
but you will still find many things are worth here.
What is that, Padre?
Incense?
The smell of meat?
Have you ever eaten meat since you came to Japan?
I myself don't like the smell.
Have you guessed it?
Have you guessed who came?
This is Inoue-sama's command.
and expectations of others.
Other people?
Our Father in Heaven, glorified your name,
Your kingdom comes, be your will Padre, think of souls that you can save,
Padre Ferreira.
Ro...
Romo.
Father Ferreira.
I have given up.
It's been a long time since we first met.
Please say something.
What
can I tell you in situations like this?
If you feel sorry for me, say something.
Are you... Are you...
Have you lived here for a long time?
About a year, it seems.
Why? What place is this?
Temple where I study.
I was... I was in a kind of prison
somewhere in Nagasaki, I don't know exactly where.
I know.
You are my teacher.
You accept my confession.
- My teacher. - I'm the same.
Do one easy thing.
Say to me, Padre.
Say if you agree.
Am I...
Do I really look very different?
The Honorable Sawano spends his days writing
about astronomy.
At the behest of Inoue-sama.
Here is a lot of knowledge.
But in medicine and astronomy there is still much to be learned.
I am happy to help him.
It's really satisfied after finally can be useful for this country.
Are you happy, Father?
You can say that.
Mention another book that you wrote.
The title is Kengiroku.
Which shows the error of Christianity
and refute Deus's teachings.
Do you understand the title?
Tell him.
Meaning
disclosure of fraud, or dismantling guise, if you prefer reading a lot of figures.
Your Majesty, Inquisitor, he praised him.
He said the book was done well.
That's the truth.
You use truth like poison!
Very funny for a priest who says it.
It's cruel. Cruel.
Worse than various kinds of torture, twist the human soul in this way.
I think you should speak to yourself.
Not to Sawano Chūan.
- Who? - He!
He is Ferreira just for you.
He is now Sawano Chūan.
Someone who has found peace.
Let him guide you along the way.
Path of mercy.
Which means you only leave yourself.
No one can interfere with other people's hearts.
Helping others is the Buddha's way and your way too.
These two religions are the same in this regard.
There is no need to win anyone
to one party or another party when there are many things to share.
Continue.
I have been told to meet you to deny faith.
This...
This is from that hole (torture hole).
You are tied so you cannot move and are hung upside down.
An incision is made.
You feel blood flowing drop by drop
so that blood doesn't flow to your head and you won't die quickly.
Step on your Jesus.
You are the last priest remaining here, Padre.
I'm sure Inoue-sama will feel satisfied to end this pain.
He's a practical person, Padre.
Not a cruel person.
I have worked in this country for 15 years.
I know better than you.
Our religion is not rooted in this country.
Because the root has been revoked.
No! Because this country is a swamp.
Nobody grows here.
Plant buds here and their roots rot.
Once upon a time when Christianity grew and developed here.
- When? - When?
When your time, Father.
When your time, before you become like...
Like who? Like them?
Rodrigues, please listen.
Japanese people only believe in their mistaken understanding of our gospel.
So they don't believe at all.
They never believe.
How can you say that?
From the time of St. Francis Xavier until your time.
There are already hundreds of thousands of people who move beliefs here.
- People who change beliefs? - Yes, people who change beliefs!
St. Francis Xavieri came here
to teach Japanese about the Son of God.
But the first time he asked how to call God.
He was told "Dainichi."
And I'll show their Dainichi to you?
Look. That is "son of God".
single "son of God".
In the Scriptures, Jesus rose on the third day.
In Japan,
... "son of God" rises every day.
Japanese people can't think about an existence
outside the natural surroundings.
For them, nothing surpasses humans.
- No. - They can't understand
about our ideas about Christian God.
No, you're wrong. You are wrong.
They worship God. God! Our God!
They head for the name Deus.
That is just another name for God which they never knew.
I see dead people!
Me too.
Share Deus! Enthusiastic with their faith!
Your martyrs are possible full of enthusiasm, Father,
but not for the Christian faith.
I have seen them die. I have seen them die.
They don't die in vain.
They don't.
They die for you, Rodrigues.
How many people did you save
when you step on the face of our Lord?
How many people are with you?
I don't know.
Of course not as much as that you can help.
You try to justify your own weaknesses.
God loves you.
Which god? Which one?
We call it...
Sorry.
You haven't learned the language, right?
Here is a saying that says.
Mountains and rivers can be moved, but human nature cannot be moved.
Very wise, it seems like there are many things like here.
We found our true nature in Japan, Rodrigues.
Maybe this is what is meant by finding God.
You are a disgrace.
You are a disgrace, Father.
I can't...
I can't even call you that again.
Good. I now have a Japanese name,
a wife, and children.
I inherited everything from someone who was executed.
How do you feel?
He has shown you the way of compassion.
I hope you take it.
Why aren't you hanging I just in that hole?
You are called to the Inquisitor's office.
Padre, you come here for them and they all hate you.
My fault is all you want. You only give me more courage.
You will need it tonight.
You are a good person, Padre.
You can't stand suffering.
Good for yourself or others.
Inoue-sama says you will fall away tonight.
He already said exactly about Ferreira.
And he said exactly about you.
God help me. Jesus help me.
In the park, you say,
"My heart is very sad, like I want to die it feels" (Mark 14:34)
I will shed blood for you.
I will.
I will die for you if I know you...
Are you here with me?
Padre. Forgive me.
Padre! I came here to confess (sin).
Padre!
I'm sorry, Padre!
I'm sorry!
Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Stop the sound!
Stop it! Anyone help him!
- What do you need? - Not me, down there,
There are people who are suffering
and guards who fall asleep and snore like wild dogs!
Do you think that the sound is the guard's voice?
Extraordinary.
Sawano, tell him. Say what the voice is.
The voice is not a guard's voice and not snoring.
That's a Christian voice. Five people, to be exact.
All are hung above the hole.
Do you find writing on the wall?
"Laudate eum."
"Blessed be He".
I carved it with stones when I was in this cell.
Like you.
Shut up.
Don't... Don't talk to me.
You don't have the right to speak to me.
Oh, I have the right. Because you are the same as me.
You see Jesus in Gethsemane
and believe your trial is the same as Him.
The five of those in the hole also suffer, just like Jesus,
but they don't have your price.
They will never compare themselves with Jesus.
Do you have the right to make them suffer?
I have heard the cry of suffering in this same cell.
And I act.
You justify yourself! You justify yourself!
That is the spirit of darkness.
And what will you do for them? Pray?
And what are the rewards? Only more suffering.
Suffering that can only be stopped by you. Not God!
Get away from me.
I also pray, Rodrigues.
That doesn't help.
Please. Pray.
But pray with your eyes open.
No!
You can save them.
They ask for help, just as you ask God.
He is silent, but you don't have to be like that.
They should fall away. Lapsed!
God help me. Lapsed! Korobu! Korobu!
But they are apostates.
Many times.
They are here for you, Rodrigues.
As long as you are not apostates, they cannot be saved.
A priest should act imitate Christ.
If Christ is here...
If Christ is here, He will act.
Apostasy for their sake.
No. No, he is here.
Christ is here. I just can't hear him.
Show God, you love Him!
Save the lives of the people I love.
There is something more important
rather than the judgment of the Church.
You will now fulfill the most painful act of love
ever done.
That's just a formality.
Only formality.
Go now
It's okay.
Hit me
I understand your pain.
I was born into this world for sharing human pain.
I carry this cross for your pain.
Your life with me now.
Step on.
"Paul Apostasy!"
It was in 1641,
during my first cruise to Japan,
me, Dieter Albrecht,
come when there is the most extraordinary story
in this note.
Christian.
Not Christian.
As a doctor in a large Dutch trading company,
I travel all over the world.
Christian.
But it's not surprising from what I told in this journal
has been commented on a lot
as a curious thing...
Not Christian.
... about an apostate priest.
Christian.
I come closer than other European history writers to the many questioned in this country.
Not Christian.
And knowing about the life of the lost priests.
Inoue, The Inquisitor, raided houses
and look for objects with hidden Christian images.
Christian.
Two priests are needed
to check the objects and make sure what they are used for.
On one occasion, I even watched them with my own eyes.
The Netherlands is the only European country that is allowed to trade in Japan.
All ships are searched
to guarantee that they not smuggle spiritual objects.
No one carries a picture of a cross, saints,
even though a rosary can get away.
Despite several attempts,
there are some objects that are of course successfully smuggled.
Christian.
And then it becomes something sad for Japanese people as if blood has been shed.
We are taught to love those who pout us.
I don't feel anything for them.
Only our God can judge your heart
You say "our Lord."
I doubt it.
When Sawano Chūan died,
Other priests take their assignments and do it differently.
At this time, I observed that he gained good skills in language.
And it seems the situation is in a state of peace.
I have good news.
A man has died in Edo.
Okada San & apos; emon.
You will take the same name.
He has a household a wife and son.
You can take him as your wife.
A man will work well when he is not alone.
You should know that on the islands
Ikitsuki and Gotō... Uh... No
There are still many farmers who feel themselves Christians.
Do you like it? They can continue to live as Christians.
You may feel satisfied with that,
because the root has been cut.
Nothing grows in swamps.
Yes, Japan is a country like that.
The Christianity that you brought to us
has become something strange.
That has changed.
You are not defeated by me.
You are defeated by this Japanese swamp.
Welcome.
Okada San & apos; emon lived in Edo, for several years at the end of his life.
10 years later, I was permitted to visit Edo.
Japanese people freely gossip about about Okada San & apos; emon.
Inoue Inquisitor,
demands a promise of apostasy repeatedly from him.
And they say,
"The fallen priest prepares everything (agreement) quickly
and full of enthusiasm."
I hear Inquisitors send people to you.
- Is there a problem? - There is no.
No, no. Only...
He just wants to make sure that I write "korobi-shoumon."
Promise of my last denial.
Thank you.
Arigatiou gozaimasu
You don't need to thank me.
Because it's here with me.
Padre...
No. No.
I am not... I am no longer (a priest).
I am a fallen priest.
But you are the last priest who is there.
You can still hear my confession.
No, I can't.
No! I can not!
I still suffer from what I have done, Padre.
I betray you. I betrayed my family.
I betray our Lord.
I beg...
Listen to my confession.
Padre.
God, I wrestle against your silence.
I suffer next to you.
I never shut up.
I know.
But even if God has been silent all my life,
to this day,
Everything I do, everything I've done...
talking about him.
In silence, I hear your voice.
Inquisitors continually demand
periodic checks to all suspected Christians.
Okada San & apos; emon is not excluded from the examination.
Inoue is determined to not forget her example.
A way, which is a determination not to let his example be forgotten.
Perhaps the most important, by the priest himself.
Good.
Next. Okada San & apos; emon.
Good.
Next Kiichijiro...
Good.
Wait.
Take the charm necklace!
In 1667,
a religious image found in a fetish
belongs to a servant named Kichijiro.
The waiter said that
he never saw the contents.
and never received amulets from Okada San & emos; Since he is always guarded.
- Catch him! - Good. You walk. Street!
The waiter, Kichijiro, was arrested.
After that incident, Okada San & Apon; Emon himself was watched very carefully.
During my last voyage in 1682, I asked about him.
And Japanese people are very eager to answer it.
The last Imam
never recognize Christian God.
not with words or symbols.
He never talked about God and never prayed.
Not when he died.
The affairs of his faith are long over.
Three standing guards oversee the coffin
to be taken away, just to be sure.
Only his wife is permitted to see his body for a while.
and placed there, a simple mamorigatana.
to ward off evil spirits.
There are no signs that he (his wife) cried.
His body was treated in the manner of Buddhism.
And he was given posthumous name in Buddhism.
The man who used to be Rodrigues
ends as they want.
And when I first see it,
lost from God.
Even so what happened,
Only God can answer.
For Christians in Japan and their pastors. For the greater glory of God