What the...?

[Destroyer2000]

I was at a movie rental place and saw 'Samurai Showdown' on sale. I looked at the back of it, and it was talking about the 'evil' Shirou Amakusa. Wasn't he one of the first Japanese Christians?

[Tarnish]

From Wikipedia:

Shiro Tokisada Amakusa (天草四郎時貞 Amakusa Shirō Tokisada) is a video game character from SNK Playmore's Samurai Shodown series of fighting games.
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Amakusa led a Christian rebellion in the Shimabara region. The Bakufu army crushed his revolt and executed him. He made a deal with the demon Ambrosia, and returned to the mortal world 150 years later, possessing the body of Shinzo Hattori, the son of Hanzo Hattori.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirou_Tokisada_Amakusa

Does that help?

[mitsuki lover]

Also remember that in the historical context the Shogunate was pretty anti-Catholic.
Most of the Christians that were marytred were Catholic.

[rocklobster]

Yep. Including, ironically enough, Japan's patron saint: Francis Xavier.