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This was his last letter. Why lost? This letter came to uswhen we were traveling from Portugal. It took years to reach us. It was hidden, smuggled, ransomed. Finally, put into my handby a Dutch trader, who had other news as well. He's alive? That he apostatized, that he denounced God in publicand surrendered the faith, and is now living as a Japanese
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This was his last letter
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Why lost
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This letter came to us when we were traveling from Portugal
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It took years to reach us
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It was hidden smuggled ransomed
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Finally put into my hand by a Dutch trader
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who had other news as well
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He's alive
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That he apostatized
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that he denounced God in public and surrendered the faith
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and is now living as a Japanese
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Movie Summary
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.