Little Martin Scorsese has chosen 16th Century Japan as the location of his next feature film. Silence, is an adaptation of the 1966 novel by Japanese writer Shusaku Endo. Production Weekly provided the outline:

“Silence is set in sixteenth century Japan, where Portuguese missionaries must contend with traders from rival European nations and the persecution of Christians by Japanese feudal lords. The feudal lords want to drive Christianity out of Japan, and try to do so by torturing priests into apostasy, denying their faith. This is done symbolically by stepping on a “fumie,” a Christian image, like a picture of Mary or a crucifix. Two Portuguese priests, Sebastian Rodrigues and Francis Garrpe, make a dangerous journey to Japan, both to locate and comfort Japanese converts, and to discover the truth about a supposed apostate priest, Ferreira.”

Sounds fun!

Source: Cinema Fusion

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