Great Glory Oinaru Shori no Tame ni (Japanese Title)

[Machine Translation] Based on the actual civil war that took place in Mexico, "The Cristero War", the film was produced with a production budget of 1.2 billion yen, the highest in the Mexican film industry! Released in 757 theaters in the U.S. and 651 theaters in Mexico, it ranked 10th in the U.S. box office ranking, surpassing "Piranha Returns" when it debuted in the U.S.! This passionate revolutionary drama, which became an unprecedented hit as a Western-style historical action film and took the U.S. by storm, has finally landed in Japan. --Mexico, 1926. Newly appointed President Cayes (Ruben Blades) bans all religious activities and begins armed repression, blaming religion as the cause of the civil war's exhaustion. Foreign clergy were also persecuted, and Father Christopher ( Peter O'Toole ), who had remained true to his beliefs, died an untimely death. Immediately, the Christelos (an anti-government organization) is launched by mainly poor peasants in search of religious freedom. Enrique Gorostieta ( Andy Garcia ), a former general in the government army and now a businessman, is chosen to lead the fight. With Ramirez (Oscar Isaac) and Father Vega (Santiago Cabrera) as his lieutenants, he wages a guerrilla war against the powerful government forces and uses his skillful tactics to conquer them. However, Enrique is faced with a new and more severe test when the government forces counterattack...

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メキシコで実際に起きた内戦「クリステロ戦争」を基にメキシコ映画界最高の製作費12億円を投入! 全米757館、メキシコ651館で公開したところ、全米初登場時には『ピラニア リターンズ』を抑えて興行収入ランキング10位を記録! ウェスタン系歴史アクションとして異例のヒットとなりアメリカを沸かせた熱き革命ドラマが遂に日本に上陸する。――1926年メキシコ。新任のカイエス大統領(ルーベン・ブラデス)は内戦で疲弊した原因は宗教であるとして、一切の宗教活動を禁止し、武力弾圧を開始した。外国人聖職者も迫害を受け、信念を貫いたクリストファー神父(ピーター・オトゥール)は非業の死を遂げる。すぐさま信仰の自由を求めて貧しい農民を中心にクリステーロス(反政府組織)が立ち上がる。実戦の指揮官として、元政府軍の将軍で今は実業家のエンリケ・ゴロスティエータ(アンディ・ガルシア)に白羽の矢が立つ。血気盛んな若者ラミレス(オスカー・アイザック)とベガ神父(サンティアゴ・カブレラ)を副官に据え、強大な政府軍にゲリラ闘争を仕掛け、巧みな戦術によって、政府軍を攻略していく。しかし、エンリケには新たな政府軍の反撃による苛酷な試練が待っていた・・・。

映像特典: オリジナル予告編(予定)