Silence
7.1
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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Cast
19 people
David Lampson
Sebastião Rodrigues
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Masahiro Shinoda Director · Shūsaku Endō Screenplay Tōru Takemitsu Composer
First release November 13, 1971 · Produced in Japan · Languages English, Japanese
Production
Hyogensha-Mako International
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
沈黙 SILENCE
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
English · Japanese
Release dates
Japan · November 13, 1971
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
April 9, 2002 · Limited theatrical · Film clubs only
France
June 19, 2019 · Theatrical
Russia
February 23, 2016 · Limited theatrical · Retrospective of Masahiro Shinoda (Saint Petersburg)
March 25, 2016 · Limited theatrical · Retrospective of Masahiro Shinoda (Moscow)
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