“A Life of Jesus”: Scorsese Adaptation Shines New Light on Endō Shūsaku Novel

A Life of Jesus has come under the spotlight again in Japan since the news broke that Martin Scorsese will adapt it. In a Tokyo bookstore, the book (center right) highlights this news on a red obi strip. (© Amano Hisaki)

Martin Scorsese (center) with his daughter Francesca (left) at a film festival in Turin on October 7, 2024. (© Marco Destefanis IPA/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect)

Endō Ryūnosuke on his father’s shoulders. (© Endō Shūsaku Literary Museum)

Endō Ryūnosuke says that “I feel like more than half of my values come from my father.” (© Amano Hisaki)