Overview
In 17th-century Japan, two Portuguese Jesuit priests seek their mentor, who is rumoured to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.
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Based on
Based on the novel Silence
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Music
Music by Tōru Takemitsu
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Kazuo Miyagawa
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Shūsaku EndōScreenplay, Novel
- Masahiro ShinodaScreenplay
- Original title
- 沈黙 SILENCE
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 13, 1971
- Original language
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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Cast
David LampsonSebastião Rodrigues
MakoKichijiro
Eiji OkadaInoue Chikugonokami
Rokkō TouraInterpreter
Noboru MatsuhashiMokichi
Yoshi KatōOld man
Taiji TonoyamaPrison guard- Don KennyFrancisco Garrpe
Yasunori IrikawaOkada Saemon
Tetsuro TambaCristóvão Ferreira
Yoshiko MitaWoman in Maruyama
Shima IwashitaKiku
Masaya TakahashiNarrator (voice)
Junshi ShimadaPrisoner official
Tomo'o NagaiPrisoner official- Kappei MatsumotoPrisoner official
Yoshio InabaPrisoner official
Yūsuke TakitaIchizo- Kikue MōriOld woman
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