Silence (1971)

7.2/10 130 min Drama History

Overview

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

Cast

David Lampson

Sebastião Rodrigues

Mako

Kichijiro

Eiji Okada

Inoue Chikugonokami

Rokkō Toura

Interpreter

Noboru Matsuhashi

Mokichi

Yoshi Katō

Old man

Taiji Tonoyama

Prison guard

Yasunori Irikawa

Okada Saemon

Tetsuro Tamba

Cristóvão Ferreira

Yoshiko Mita

Woman in Maruyama

Shima Iwashita

Kiku

Masaya Takahashi

Narrator (voice)

Junshi Shimada

Prisoner official

Tomo'o Nagai

Prisoner official

Yoshio Inaba

Prisoner official

Yūsuke Takita

Ichizo

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