In the year 1637 in Shimabara of Tokugawa-era Japan, oppressed peasant Christians revolt against the shogunate with the aid of a charismatic Christian rebel leader Shiro Amakusa.
Writer: Toshirō Ishidō, Nagisa Ōshima
Director: Nagisa Ōshima
Director of Photography: Shintarō Kawasaki
Producer: Hiroshi Ookawa