
Silence(2016)
In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.


Two Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread Christianity and search for their mentor.

David Lampson
Sebastião Rodrigues

Mako
Kichijiro

Eiji Okada
Inoue Chikugonokami

Rokkō Toura
Interpreter

Noboru Matsuhashi
Mokichi

Yoshi Katō
Old man

Taiji Tonoyama
Prison guard
Don Kenny
Francisco Garrpe

Yasunori Irikawa
Okada Saemon

Tetsuro Tamba
Cristóvão Ferreira
Silence is a drama, history film released in 1971 exploring themes of based on novel or book, christianity, jesuits (society of jesus), 17th century, religious persecution. Directed by Masahiro Shinoda, it stars David Lampson, Mako, Eiji Okada. 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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