In terms of plot, their Silence doesn’t deviate much from either the book or Shindoa’s 1971 film.
The most memorable image in both is of Japanese natives being tied to crosses and left to face a rising tide.
Key shared scene: One of the major motifs of Silence has to do with how the missionaries’ courage borders on sinful pride.
“Premakes” looks at the similarities and differences between a classic film and the lesser-known work that beat it to the marketplace.
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