[FRANCE] Franck Neel Tribute - Actor
This video is dedicated to Mr. Franck Neel, a French actor from Cannes. When Franck was still in age 20s, he was offered a role in "Nobunaga: King of Zipangu" - NHK historical drama. He played "Luís Fróis," a Portuguese missionary who was the first European to come to Japan. The year was in 1532. Luís Fróis dies in Nagasaki, Kyushu on 8 July 1597; however, while he was in Japan, he had a wonderful opportunity to actually allowed to spend some time with Shogun Nobunaga Oda. No other foreigners were allowed to spend so much time with Shogun, except Luís Fróis. Luís Fróis was trusted by Nobunaga. Luís Fróis and other Portuguese missionaries came to Japan to colonize her: first by religion, followed by merchants, and then military men. However, they eventually fail... only a few converts for J-people already had their God(s). After many years of trying to convert J-people, they finally gave up and rather they were influenced by J-people and their culture. Luís Fróis began working as a bridge between Shogun Nobunaga Oda and Vatican in Europe. He kept all the incidences in his diaries. Also, he was informing about J and Nobunaga to Vatican; however, Luís Fróis was not a Vatican spy for Nobunaga knew of his action. Luís Fróis was fascinated with Shogun Oda and his country. Although the time they spent together was not long, Nobunaga's influence on Luís Fróis was quite apparent from his writings. Vatican as well as other European countries kept Luís Fróis' diaries and writings even to this day; it is fascinating to learn how the 16th century J was like. Enjoy the video; please give a big thumbs up. My videos are sort of related to each other, so enjoy others as well. Peace out... to all the beautiful souls out there in the world... ; D
This video is dedicated to Mr. Franck Neel, a French actor from Cannes. When Franck was still in age 20s, he was offered a role in "Nobunaga: King of Zipangu" - NHK historical drama. He played "Luís Fróis," a Portuguese missionary who was the first European to come to Japan. The year was in 1532. Luís Fróis dies in Nagasaki, Kyushu on 8 July 1597; however, while he was in Japan, he had a wonderful opportunity to actually allowed to spend some time with Shogun Nobunaga Oda. No other foreigners were allowed to spend so much time with Shogun, except Luís Fróis. Luís Fróis was trusted by Nobunaga. Luís Fróis and other Portuguese missionaries came to Japan to colonize her: first by religion, followed by merchants, and then military men. However, they eventually fail... only a few converts for J-people already had their God(s). After many years of trying to convert J-people, they finally gave up and rather they were influenced by J-people and their culture. Luís Fróis began working as a bridge between Shogun Nobunaga Oda and Vatican in Europe. He kept all the incidences in his diaries. Also, he was informing about J and Nobunaga to Vatican; however, Luís Fróis was not a Vatican spy for Nobunaga knew of his action. Luís Fróis was fascinated with Shogun Oda and his country. Although the time they spent together was not long, Nobunaga's influence on Luís Fróis was quite apparent from his writings. Vatican as well as other European countries kept Luís Fróis' diaries and writings even to this day; it is fascinating to learn how the 16th century J was like. Enjoy the video; please give a big thumbs up. My videos are sort of related to each other, so enjoy others as well. Peace out... to all the beautiful souls out there in the world... ; D