help!

[Bianca Briciu]

Hello Moe,
The film you are talking about is made after a novel by Endo Shusaku and 
it is called Silence (Chinmoku in Japanese). I don't know who made it 
but maybe you find it after the title. All Endo's novels are about 
Christianity in Japan and very, very interesting.
Best, Bianca
> Hi everyone;
> I just joined kinejapan and got a question, appreciated if one of u 
> can help.
> I'm searching for a title to a Japanese movie. it's a black and white 
> movie probably made in 1960s and it's about prosecution of christians 
> in sixteen century Japan.
> a blacksmith is told to make a cross and to make people walk on it 
> and  those hidden christian who wouldn't walk on cross are branded 
> Christian and punished. this blacksmith who is not a christian has a 
> sister who is a Christian and make him see the light so to speck and I 
> 'm not sure but probably he refuses to make the cross or walk on it 
> and gets killed.
> any suggestion?
> thanks
>  Moe
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