It is a dangerous time to be a Christian in Japan, The controlling and power-hungry Shogun sees Christianity as a plague, a scourge and the Christians vermin that spread contagion, corruption and that need eradicating once and for all from his lands. Christian’s are being hunted down with more force and in greater number than ever before. The Daimyo, the Governor, the Samurai and The Shogun enact many deplorable acts upon Father Joaquim and the villagers (the men, women and children all suffer at their hands) and they are pitiless in their persecution of them. Abuse, torture, mutilation, execution and finally death await any Christian who won’t renounce their belief and anyone found guilty of aiding, helping and/or hiding them.