Synopsis
Two Portuguese priests go to Japan to help Christian sects, driven underground by a ruthless magistracy, to regain a foothold. Quickly drawn into a mire of persecution, the missionaries learn the fate of an earlier mission. This film by Masahiro Shinoda was based on Shusaku Endo’s celebrated novel, which Martin Scorsese would also adapt decades later.
Credits
Crew
DirectorMasahiro Shinoda
WriterMasahiro Shinoda, Shūsaku Endō
CinematographerKazuo Miyagawa
ComposerToru Takemitsu
ProducerKiyoshi Nonomura, Kinshirō Kuzui, Tadasuke Ômura