# Silence (1971)

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**Original title**: *沈黙 SILENCE*
**Runtime**: 130 min
**Genres**: Drama, History
**Directed by**: Masahiro Shinoda
**Written by**: Masahiro Shinoda, Shūsaku Endō
**Starring**: David Lampson, Mako, Eiji Okada, Rokkō Toura, Noboru Matsuhashi, Yoshi Katō

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

The Last Samurai meets The Exorcist. Two priests slip into feudal Japan hunting a vanished mentor. The Church’s last stand arrives quietly.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, bittersweet, dread, paranoid, slow-burn

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