A well laid-out film

Rating: Null/10 (20 May 2017)

Technically superb, and the attention to detail helps the movie's pacing and context. Little superfluousness and extravagant scenes keep the Japanese mode of minimalism and efficiency front and center in a movie that has deep spiritual meaning.
And I do not wish to second-guess the writers when I speak of the theme of the film: whether Japan is justified in maintaining a rigid social order using violence when faced with Christianity. How one views Silence depends on their perception of social order and this is why Silence ends up being about more than 17th century Japan.
Christianity heavily centers around FAITH - that one's suffering and calling to speak out against oppression may meet up with a force that dominates on the earthly realm.