‘Silence’ Trailer: Martin Scorsese Heads To Feudal Japan
Martin Scorsesehas been working onSilenceon and off since about 1990, and as of today, it’s just a few weeks from release. We’ve got the first trailer for the new drama, which starsAndrew GarfieldandAdam Driveras a pair of Jesuit priests who travel to feudal Japan in search of their former mentor, played byLiam Neeson. So is it worth the wait? Click through to watch theSilencetrailer and find out.
Silence Trailer
Scorsese wroteSilencewithJay Cocks(Gangs of New York). It’s based on the novel byShusaku Endo, which in turn was inspired by the true story of Cristóvão Ferreira — a Portuguese Jesuit missionary who renounced his religion after being persecuted. Rodrigues (Garfield) and Garrpe (Driver) arrive in Japan in pursuit of Ferreira, after hearing reports of his defection. They arrive to find the local Christian community driven underground by violence and persecution.Tadanobu Asano(Thor) plays a Japanese interpreter, andYosuke Kubozukais Kichijiro, the priests' Japanese guide.
Silencehas been slow to start its marketing push. It wasn’t until September that we even gotironclad confirmationthe movie would arrive before the end of the year. Before that, its absence at any of the major summer and fall festivals had us wondering if it might skip 2016 altogether and aim for 2017. But Paramount clearly wanted to get the movie out in time to compete in the 2017 awards race, and with all this talent involved we definitely can’t count this one out of the running. It’s not typical for the first trailer to drop just one month before the film’s release — but then again,Silenceis a Martin Scorsese movie, which means it’s bound to get tons of attention no matter what.Silenceis in theatersDecember 23. Also starring areCiarán Hinds,Shinya Tsukamoto, andIssey Ogata.
