Silence (1971)
November 13, 1971Release Date
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
David Lampson
Sebastião Rodrigues
Don Kenny
Francisco Garrpe
Tetsurō Tamba
Cristóvão Ferreira
Noboru Matsuhashi
Mokichi
Mako
Kichijiro
Shima Iwashita
Kiku
Eiji Okada
Inoue Chikugonokami
Yoshiko Mita
Woman in Maruyama
Yasunori Irikawa
Okada Saemon
Rokkō Toura
Interpreter
Yoshi Katō
Old man
Taiji Tonoyama
Prison guard
Masahiro Shinoda
Director
Shūsaku Endō
Writer
Masaya Takahashi
Narrator (voice)
Junshi Shimada
Prisoner official
Tomo'o Nagai
Prisoner official
Kappei Matsumoto
Prisoner official
Kinshirô Kuzui
Producer
Tadasuke Ômura
Producer
Yoshio Inaba
Prisoner official
Toru Takemitsu
Composer
Yûsuke Takita
Ichizo
Kikue Mōri
Old woman
Kazuo Miyagawa
Cinematographer
Kiyoshi Awazu
Art Direction
Hideo Nishizaki
Sound
Masayuki Motomochi
Assistant Director
Dai Arakawa
Set Decoration
Masao Katô
Production Manager
Tadao Uesato
Art Direction
Yoshiko Takahashi
Makeup Artist
Kôji Takemura
Makeup Artist
Seikichi Iizumi
Assistant Director
Yoshimitsu Oka
Assistant Director
Kiyoshi Nonomura
Producer
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Details.
Release DateNovember 13, 1971
Original Name沈黙 SILENCE
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 9m
Genres
Wiki.
Silence (Japanese: 沈黙, Hepburn: Chinmoku) is a 1971 Japanese historical drama film directed by Masahiro Shinoda, based on the novel of the same name by Shūsaku Endō. It stars Tetsurō Tamba, Mako, Eiji Okada, and Shima Iwashita alongside English actors David Lampson and Don Kenny. Endo co-wrote the screenplay with Masahiro Shinoda. Most of the film's dialogue is in Japanese, though it has short sequences in English. It was entered Un Certain Regard into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival, and won four Mainichi Film Awards including Best Film and Best Director.The film's themes analyze the conflict of human nature versus divine requirements and their compatibility, life's purpose, the interplay of emotional needs, suffering, and contentment. The storytelling device the film uses is circumstantial and depicts the struggles of life, allegorical presentation, and Christian theology. It is the first of three movie adaptations of the novel, succeeded by the Portuguese Os Olhos da Ásia in 1996 and the 2016 American film of the same name.