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Silence

Silence

7,1 /10 (3,306 Votes)
2016 EN 161 min

Overview

In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.

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Release date

23/12/2016

Votes

3,306

Popularity

5.4

Sometimes silence is the deadliest sound.

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

161 min

Budget

$46,000,000

Revenue

$23,834,809

Andrew Garfield

Andrew Garfield

Rodrigues

Adam Driver

Adam Driver

Garupe

Liam Neeson

Liam Neeson

Ferreira

Tadanobu Asano

Tadanobu Asano

Interpreter

Ciarán Hinds

Ciarán Hinds

Father Valignano

Issey Ogata

Issey Ogata

Old Samurai / Inoue

Shinya Tsukamoto

Shinya Tsukamoto

Mokichi

Yoshi Oida

Yoshi Oida

Ichizo

Yosuke Kubozuka

Yosuke Kubozuka

Kichijiro

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Kaoru Endō

Unzen Samurai (Uneme)

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Diego Calderón

Prisoner Augustinian Friar #2

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Rafael Kading

Prisoner Augustinian Friar #1

No photo

Matthew Blake

Prisoner Franciscan Friar

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Benoit Masse

Prisoner Augustinian Friar #3

Tetsuya Igawa

Tetsuya Igawa

Prisoner Japanese Jesuit

Shi Liang

Shi Liang

Chinese Businessman (Mr. Chun)

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Panta

Tomogi Villager #1 (Yohei)

Takuya Matsunaga

Takuya Matsunaga

Tomogi Villager #2 (Toukichi)

Miho Harita

Miho Harita

Ichizo's Wife (Tomi)

Hairi Katagiri

Hairi Katagiri

Tomogi Woman (Tsune)

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Masayuki Yamada

Tomogi Husband (Kasuke)

Michié

Michié

Tomogi Wife (Mitsu)

Hiroko Isayama

Hiroko Isayama

Tomogi Village Woman (Hiro)

Yutaka Mishima

Yutaka Mishima

Goto Man #1 (Kuro)

Yasunari Takeshima

Yasunari Takeshima

Goto Man #2 (Haku)

Yuri Ishizaka

Yuri Ishizaka

Kichijiro Sister at Stake (Tae)

Ryo Sato

Ryo Sato

Kichijiro Sister #2 (Hisa)

No photo

Ruo Satô

Kichijiro Father (Kichizo)

Yoriko Doguchi

Yoriko Doguchi

Kichijiro Mother (Naka)

Kisetsu Fujiwara

Kisetsu Fujiwara

Kichijiro Brother #2 (Kichita)

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Yasushi Takahashi

Tomogi Villager

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Sanjuro Kobayashi

Tomogi Villager

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Mangorô Satô

Tomogi Villager

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Keiko Morikawa

Tomogi Villager

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Jin Maki

Boatman

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Naoto Yokouchi

Goto Swimming Man

Kansai Eto

Kansai Eto

Old Goto Man (Mosuke)

Shun Sugata

Shun Sugata

Samurai Commander

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Kazuhiko Ozaki

Tomogi Hostage #3 (Yahachi)

Nana Komatsu

Nana Komatsu

Monica (Haru)

Ryo Kase

Ryo Kase

Juan (Chokichi)

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Fumitaka Terai

Christian Prisoner (Tobei)

Hako Ohshima

Hako Ohshima

Christian Prisoner (Kiku)

No photo

Hideki Nishioka

Christian Prisoner (Mataichi)

Takahiro Fujita

Takahiro Fujita

Inoue's Attendant

No photo

Senmaru

Nagasaki Juggler

No photo

Ryô Fujiwara

Nagasaki Child

Nobuaki Fukuda

Nobuaki Fukuda

Jeering Man

Munetaka Aoki

Munetaka Aoki

Prison Guard #1

SABU

SABU

Samurai #1

Tetsu Watanabe

Tetsu Watanabe

Prison Guard #2

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Exile Akira

Prison Official

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Shunya Tajima

Samurai at Beach #1

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Ryuki Kitaoka

Samurai at Beach #2

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Hiroki Noguchi

Samurai in Boat

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Katsuo Nakamura

Old Buddhist Priest

Yoshihiro Takayama

Yoshihiro Takayama

Large Man

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Shoji Miyata

Vendor's Cries (voice)

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Noriwo Mitsuda

Vendor's Cries (voice)

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Ayumu Saito

Prison Guard #3

Béla Baptiste

Béla Baptiste

Dieter Albrecht

Asuka Kurosawa

Asuka Kurosawa

Rodrigues' Wife

No photo

Motokatsu Suzuki

Edo Guard (uncredited)

Yasushi Takada

Yasushi Takada

Doshin (uncredited)

No photo

Ten Miyazawa

Carpenter (uncredited)

Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ

Himself (uncredited)

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Wuchak

Wuchak

2024-03-17

⭐ 4

**_Great filmmaking, cast and locations, but strangely inert (overlong) story_** Released in late 2016 and directed by Martin Scorsese based on the novel by Shûsaku Endô, "Silence" chronicles events in 1640 when two Jesuit priests (Andrew Garfield & Adam Driver) journey to Japan to check on the persecuted church and find out what happened to their mentor, whom it is rumored fell from the faith (Liam Neeson). Issei Ogata is on hand as the sadistic, but seemingly reasonable Japanese inquisitor. The Jesuits were a society of Catholic missionaries started in 1540 in response to the spreading…

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