Movie
Silence
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2016-12-23
- Runtime
- 161 min
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Waypoint Entertainment, Cappa Defina Productions, CatchPlay, Fábrica de Cine, SharpSword Films, Sikelia Productions, EFO Films
- Country
- Mexico, Taiwan, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Andrew Garfield as Rodrigues
- Adam Driver as Garupe
- Liam Neeson as Ferreira
- Tadanobu Asano as Interpreter
- Ciarán Hinds as Father Valignano
- Issey Ogata as Old Samurai / Inoue
- Shinya Tsukamoto as Mokichi
- Yoshi Oida as Ichizo
- Yosuke Kubozuka as Kichijiro
- Kaoru Endō as Unzen Samurai (Uneme)
- Diego Calderón as Prisoner Augustinian Friar #2
- Rafael Kading as Prisoner Augustinian Friar #1
Crew
- Martin Scorsese - Director
- Jay Cocks - Screenplay
- Martin Scorsese - Screenplay
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