Boring

Rating: 6/10 (16 April 2017)

I found this movie interesting in that it shows the tribulations of Christian missionaries in Japan but it was made in a very boring way. At 2:40 h it is way to long, it could easily be cut by at least 40 min. Also, something that really bothers me is that while Japanese people speak Japanese, supposedly Portuguese missionaries speak English! I know that US and UK viewers do not like subtitles and are not used to them, and there would be no space for Liam Nielsen or Andrew Garfield, but it really affects the movie in my opinion. There are excellent Portuguese actors that could have performed a credible role, or even Brazilian actors for that matter. This way everybody speaks English with a few "Padre" and "Deus" words thrown in.