
Silence
1971 · Movie · 130 min · ★ 7.2
Two Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread Christianity and search for their mentor.
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Details
- Years
- 1971
- Release date
- 1971-11-13
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 130 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (40 votes)
Themes
- based on novel or book
- christianity
- jesuits (society of jesus)
- 17th century
- religious persecution
Cast & crew

David Lampson
as Sebastião Rodrigues

Mako
as Kichijiro

Eiji Okada
as Inoue Chikugonokami

Rokkō Toura
as Interpreter

Noboru Matsuhashi
as Mokichi

Yoshi Katō
as Old man

Taiji Tonoyama
as Prison guard
- DK
Don Kenny
as Francisco Garrpe

Yasunori Irikawa
as Okada Saemon

Tetsuro Tamba
as Cristóvão Ferreira
Directed by Masahiro Shinoda