Silence

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acsdoug D @acsdoug 08/02/2024 When I saw Martin Scorcese's 2016 version I knew it was adapted from a novel. What I didn't know was that the Japanese made a film of it 45 years earlier. I would give the nod to Scorcese's film if for no other reason than the acting is better. While Mako is excellent as Kichijiro I suspect that the English actors were cast more for their Japanese speaking skills than their acting abilities. Still, the story is a strong one and this version is well worth watching. See more 05/06/2017 The ancestor of Scorsese's Silence. See more 10/15/2011 I feel the need to write a book in order to comment and develop <i>Chinmoku</i> and its religious implications from a true Christian perspective, and not the one offered in the film (for starters, Christianism condemns the worshipping of religious imagery and doesn't promote confession), since the Portuguese priests here are entirely on the side of Catholic idolatry. Nevertheless, objectively speaking, it's necessary to stand up and say aloud: "It is not religion the one that should be condemned, but its human execution and intolerance." Powerful and strong masterpiece set in religious hostility and moral blindness, just like nowadays. 99/100 See more 04/10/2010 it is still hurting my mind. See more 05/24/2009 An acceptable film version of the classic Shusaku Endo's novel, also called "Silence". Good direction, interpretations and photography, to better understand, from every points of view, the years of the persecutions (and consequent prosecutions and executions) against Christians in Japan, in early 17th century. See more 04/15/2009 The human heart is of mischievous purpose,unconditional destinations.I don't know what's more shocking,the priest's clarity or the villagers' stubbornness.Lo to the folly of them all.... See more Read all reviews

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