---
title: 'Silence (1971)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Masahiro Shinoda'
released: '1971-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 129
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/silence-1971'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067755/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Silence (1971)

1971 · 129 min · Drama, History · Japan

Original title: 沈黙 SILENCE

## Synopsis

Silence  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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Masahiro Shinoda](https://cinepixo.com/people/masahiro-shinoda)
- **Screenplay:** [Masahiro Shinoda](https://cinepixo.com/people/masahiro-shinoda), [Shūsaku Endō](https://cinepixo.com/people/shusaku-endo)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Tōru Takemitsu](https://cinepixo.com/people/toru-takemitsu)
- **Director of Photography:** [Kazuo Miyagawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/kazuo-miyagawa)

## Cast

- [Shima Iwashita](https://cinepixo.com/people/shima-iwashita)
- [Mako](https://cinepixo.com/people/mako)
- [Tetsurō Tamba](https://cinepixo.com/people/tetsuro-tamba)
- [Yoshi Katō](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshi-kato)

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