Silence (1970)
Note: this print runs 90 minutes against a recorded 129 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With Shima Iwashita, Mako, Tetsurō Tamba, Yoshi Katō
Directed by Masahiro Shinoda
Silence (Japanese: 沈黙, Hepburn: Chinmoku) is a 1971 Japanese historical drama film directed by Masahiro Shinoda, based on the novel of the same name by Shūsaku Endō. It stars Tetsurō Tamba, Mako, Eiji Okada, and Shima Iwashita alongside English actors David Lampson and Don Kenny. Endo co-wrote the screenplay with Masahiro Shinoda. Most of the film's dialogue is in Japanese, though it has short sequences in English. It was entered Un Certain Regard into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival, and won four Mainichi Film Awards including Best Film and Best Director.
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from YouTube.
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