Silence (1971)
Two Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread Christianity and search for their mentor.
Director:
Masahiro Shinoda
Writers:
Masahiro Shinoda, Shūsaku Endō.
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David Lampson as Sebastião Rodrigues |
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Mako as Kichijiro |
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Eiji Okada as Inoue Chikugonokami |
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Rokkō Toura as Interpreter |
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Noboru Matsuhashi as Mokichi |
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Yoshi Katō as Old man |
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Taiji Tonoyama as Prison guard |
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Don Kenny as Francisco Garrpe |
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Yasunori Irikawa as Okada Saemon |
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Tetsuro Tamba as Cristóvão Ferreira |
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Yoshiko Mita as Woman in Maruyama |
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Shima Iwashita as Kiku |
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Masaya Takahashi as Narrator (voice) |
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Junshi Shimada as Prisoner official |
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Tomo'o Nagai as Prisoner official |
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Kappei Matsumoto as Prisoner official |
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Yoshio Inaba as Prisoner official |
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Yūsuke Takita as Ichizo |
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Kikue Mōri as Old woman |
| Directing | Masahiro Shinoda | Director |
| Writing | Masahiro Shinoda | Screenplay |
| Writing | Shūsaku Endō | Screenplay |
| Art | Masahiro Shinoda | Production Design |
| Production | Masao Katô | Production Manager |
| Writing | Shūsaku Endō | Novel |
| Art | Dai Arakawa | Set Decoration |
| Art | Mako | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kôji Takemura | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Seikichi Iizumi | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Hideo Nishizaki | Sound |
| Art | Kiyoshi Awazu | Art Direction |
| Production | Kiyoshi Nonomura | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yoshiko Takahashi | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Kinshirō Kuzui | Producer |
| Camera | Kazuo Miyagawa | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Yoshimitsu Oka | Assistant Director |
| Art | Tadao Uesato | Art Direction |
| Directing | Masayuki Motomochi | Assistant Director |
| Production | Tadasuke Ômura | Producer |
| Sound | Toru Takemitsu | Original Music Composer |