Top Billed Cast

Andrew Garfield
Rodrigues
Adam Driver
Garupe
Liam Neeson
Ferreira
Tadanobu Asano
Interpreter
Ciarán Hinds
Father Valignano
Issey Ogata
Old Samurai / Inoue
Shinya Tsukamoto
Mokichi
Yoshi Oida
Ichizo
Yosuke Kubozuka
Kichijiro
Kaoru Endô
Unzen Samurai (Uneme)
Diego Calderón
Prisoner Augustinian Friar #2
Rafael Kading
Prisoner Augustinian Friar #1
Matthew Blake
Prisoner Franciscan Friar
Benoit Masse
Prisoner Augustinian Friar #3
Tetsuya Igawa
Prisoner Japanese Jesuit
Shi Liang
Chinese Businessman (Mr. Chun)
Panta
Tomogi Villager #1 (Yohei)
Takuya Matsunaga
Tomogi Villager #2 (Toukichi)
Miho Harita
Ichizo's Wife (Tomi)
Hairi Katagiri
Tomogi Woman (Tsune)
Masayuki Yamada
Tomogi Husband (Kasuke)
Michié
Tomogi Wife (Mitsu)
Hiroko Isayama
Tomogi Village Woman (Hiro)
Yutaka Mishima
Goto Man #1 (Kuro)
Yasunari Takeshima
Goto Man #2 (Haku)
Yuri Ishizaka
Kichijiro Sister at Stake (Tae)
Ryo Sato
Kichijiro Sister #2 (Hisa)
Ruo Satô
Kichijiro Father (Kichizo)
Yoriko Doguchi
Kichijiro Mother (Naka)
Kisetsu Fujiwara
Kichijiro Brother #2 (Kichita)
Yasushi Takahashi
Tomogi Villager
Sanjuro Kobayashi
Tomogi Villager
Mangorô Satô
Tomogi Villager
Keiko Morikawa
Tomogi Villager
Jin Maki
Boatman
Naoto Yokouchi
Goto Swimming Man
Kansai Eto
Old Goto Man (Mosuke)
Shun Sugata
Samurai Commander
Kazuhiko Ozaki
Tomogi Hostage #3 (Yahachi)
Nana Komatsu
Monica (Haru)
Ryo Kase
Juan (Chokichi)
Fumitaka Terai
Christian Prisoner (Tobei)
Hako Ohshima
Christian Prisoner (Kiku)
Hideki Nishioka
Christian Prisoner (Mataichi)
Takahiro Fujita
Inoue's Attendant
Senmaru
Nagasaki Juggler
Ryô Fujiwara
Nagasaki Child
Nobuaki Fukuda
Jeering Man
Munetaka Aoki
Prison Guard #1
SABU
Samurai #1
Tetsu Watanabe
Prison Guard #2
Exile Akira
Prison Official
Shunya Tajima
Samurai at Beach #1
Ryuki Kitaoka
Samurai at Beach #2
Hiroki Noguchi
Samurai in Boat
Katsuo Nakamura
Old Buddhist Priest
Yoshihiro Takayama
Large Man
Shoji Miyata
Vendor's Cries (voice)
Noriwo Mitsuda
Vendor's Cries (voice)
Ayumu Saito
Prison Guard #3
Béla Baptiste
Dieter Albrecht
Asuka Kurosawa
Rodrigues' Wife
Motokatsu Suzuki
Edo Guard (uncredited)
Yasushi Takada
Doshin (uncredited)
Ten Miyazawa
Carpenter (uncredited)

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A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on Sun Mar 17 2024

**_Great filmmaking, cast and locations, but strangely inert (overlong) story_** Released in late 2016 and directed by Martin Scorsese based on the novel by Shûsaku Endô, "Silence" chronicles events in 1640 when two Jesuit priests (Andrew Garfield & Adam Driver) journey to Japan to check on the persecuted church and find out what happened to their mentor, whom it is rumored fell from the faith (Liam Neeson). Issei Ogata is on hand as the sadistic, but seemingly reasonable Japanese inquisitor. The Jesuits were a society of Catholic missionaries started in 1540 in response to the spreading ...