Silence - The Masters of Cinema Series DVD
Starring Shima Iwashita, Yoshi Katô, Don Kenny
Directed by Masahiro Shinoda
DVD
Description
Masahiro Shinoda directs this historical Japanese drama that explores the lives of religious missionaries in the 17th century.
Japan was under a strict policy of self-imposed exclusion for 400 years and the reward for anyone fetching up on their shores during that was, officially, death.
In this film, two Portuguese missionaries land on a remote Japanese shore under cover of darkness to infiltrate local Christians in order to find out what happened to an earlier priest sent there.
Locally, Christianity has been driven underground after an earlier surge in popularity by an insecure and brutal government.
Japanese fans of the bible must now read it in secret locations in the wilds.
As they go about their mission, they come up against government informers and persecution almost immediately.
One of them, Padre Rodrigues (David Lamson), is arrested and tortured in an attempt to make him deny his faith.
He faces a spiritual crisis as he is gradually forced to see that his faith might not be the rock he imagined and that the people he thinks he's saving might not be doing so badly without Christianity.
Information
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Item not Available
- Format:DVD
- Region:2
- Certification:(15)
- EAN:5060000402308
- Catalogue number:EKA40230
- Studio:Eureka
- Release date:24/09/2007
- Genre:Drama
- Colour:B/W
Information
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Item not Available
- Format:DVD
- Region:2
- Certification:(15)
- EAN:5060000402308
- Catalogue number:EKA40230
- Studio:Eureka
- Release date:24/09/2007
- Genre:Drama
- Colour:B/W
