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Silence (1971)
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Original name: 沈黙 SILENCE
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Two Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread Christianity and search for their mentor.
Style:
atmospheric, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic, stylized, contemplative
Plot:
samurai, mental disorder, christianity, catholic, tokugawa shogunate, jesuit, religious persecution, life is a bitch, society, clergy, culture clash, disorder, fish out of water, human nature, religions or cults, religion, torture, betrayal, priest, belief in god, faith, literature, christian, missionary, martyr ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
japan, asia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and stylized films with plots about society, religion, religions or cults, medieval, clergy, christianity and heroes mostly in Drama, History and Biography genres. Some movies like Silence: Masquerade (2012), When the Last Sword is Drawn (2002), The Radicals (1989), Rikyu (1989), Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA, UK, Taiwan, Japan, Mexico
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
Two Jesuit priests travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact.
Style:
philosophical, stylized, cerebral, melancholic, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
missionary, religious persecution, christianity, crisis of faith, religion, culture clash, torture, faith, doubt, clergy, betrayal, christian ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
japan, portugal, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: South Korea
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
During the confusing and conspiratorial Joseon Dynasty King Gwang-hae orders his councilor, HEO Kyun, to find him a double in order to avoid the constant threat of assassination. HEO Kyun finds Ha-sun, a jester who looks remarkably like the king, ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, realistic, stylized, inspirational ...
Plot:
joseon dynasty, royal court, throne, hidden identity, treason, political intrigue, save the kingdom, ruler, head of state, state affairs, dishonesty, forced into action ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
korea, asia, south korea
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town clan, he is forced by the love for his family to leave for the city in search of higher pay to support ...
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, realistic, bleak, serious ...
Plot:
samurai, japanese history, sword fight, political unrest, emperor, human spirit, tragic hero, life is a bitch, martial arts, hopes, unfulfillment, state affairs ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story of the Anabaptist movement and two of its first leaders, Michael and Margaretha Sattler.
Style:
biblical, serious, realistic, captivating, bleak ...
Plot:
liberation theology, christianity, medieval, christian, church, reformation, religions or cults, state affairs, clergy, society, life is a bitch, hopes ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
europe, switzerland, zurich switzerland
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Late in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through force of will and courageous fighting, Hideyoshi becomes Japan's most powerful warlord, unifying the country. Rikyu, through the tea ceremony and ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, stylized, jidai geki ...
Plot:
samurai, painter, art, medieval, tradition, tea, battles, society, heroes, rise to the top, military, politics ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
japan, korea, asia, china
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
An tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord.
Style:
tense, serious, bleak, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
samurai, revenge, feudal japan, life is a bitch, society, vengeance, loss of son, down on your luck, rivalry, medieval, winter, hara kiri ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The film portrays Saint Peter reflecting on his time with Jesus and his fellow Apostles during his final imprisonment in Rome. In particular, Peter attempts to convert one of his jailers, Martinian, by relating the life, teachings, and sacrifice of ...
Style:
captivating, uplifting, serious, epic, realistic ...
Plot:
apostle, faith, christian, clergy, miraculous event, redemption, heroes, rise to the top, religions or cults, ancient history, partners, hopes ...
Time:
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Place:
rome italy
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21%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo, to protect him during an inter-clan conflict. Tanigawa quickly rises in stature in the clan, but ...
Style:
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Plot:
samurai, martial arts, ninja, medieval, heist, society, betrayal, dishonesty, fighting crime, rivalry, gangsters, master warrior ...
Time:
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Place:
japan
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21%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Religious and cultural reawakening inspires rebellion in a 19th century Norwegian village.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, epic, bleak
Plot:
rebellion, christianity, rebel, religions or cults, political unrest, life is a bitch, rebelliousness, society, state affairs, tragic event, war, religion ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
norway, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 198 min.
Story:
Peter and Paul assume leadership of the Church as they struggle against violent opposition to the teachings of Christ and their own personal conflicts.
Style:
biblical, sexy, serious, realistic, epic ...
Plot:
christianity, christian, bible, religion, new testament, antiquity, catholic, jesus, medieval, ancient, injustice, religions or cults ...
Time:
biblical epic, 1st century
Place:
holy land, middle east, rome italy, israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Taken into slavery after the fall of Jerusalem in 605 B.C., Daniel is forced to serve the most powerful king in the world, King Nebuchadnezzar. Faced with imminent death, Daniel proves himself a trusted Advisor and is placed among the king's ...
Style:
biblical, captivating, serious, inspirational, uplifting ...
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religious, faith, miraculous event, christian, oracle, ancient history, hopes, heroes, escapades, society, confined, exile ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Ethan Jenkins (Michael W. Smith) and Jake Sanders (introducing Jeff Obafemi Carr) are both passionate pastors who worship the same God from the same book--but that's where the similarity ends. When they are suddenly thrown together in a tough ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
A faithful recounting of the ministry, trial and martyrdom of the fifteenth century Bohemian priest John Hus, who built on the reforms of John Wycliffe, taught the Bible in the vernacular and who influenced Martin Luther a century later.
Style:
thought provoking, serious, realistic, christian film, contemplative
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catholic, christian, liberation theology, martyr, religions or cults, power relations, clergy, fighting the system, hopes, rebellion, society, dishonesty ...
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Cuba
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ourense, Spain, 1940. Every time that Elena locks the door, she locks her secrets. Her husband Ricardo spend years hidden in his house with his children (Elenita and Lorenzo), trying to dodge persecution. Salvador, a priest confused after battling ...
Style:
serious, disturbing, emotional, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
repression, confession, family relations, survival, life is a bitch, spanish civil war, republican, society, fugitives, obsession, love and romance, clergy ...
Place:
spain, galicia
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his new life when he is put to the test and ordered to kill a traitor who just happens to be his ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, stylized, epic, romantic ...
Plot:
samurai, martial arts, caste system, vengeance, love and romance, politics, family life, medieval, tokugawa shogunate, winter, society, ninja ...
Time:
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Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
The life story of Jesus is told from his humble birth through his teachings, crucifixion and ultimate resurrection.
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uplifting, captivating, biblical, inspirational, christian film ...
Plot:
jesus, christianity, bible, tragic hero, prophet, religions or cults, clergy, christian, torture, ancient history, idealism, oracle ...
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1st century
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holy land
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Based on a Japanese novel written by Masako Bando, the story revolves around Kayoko who lives with one man (Tetsuya) but is in love with another (Takumi).
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, contemplative
Plot:
social differences, village life, society, human nature, social relations, village, love, male female relationship, pregnant woman, sculptor, pregnancy, mountain ...
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21st century
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland, Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
What would it be like to step inside a great work of art, have it come alive around you, and even observe the artist as he sketches the very reality you are experiencing? From Lech Majewski, one of Poland's most acclaimed filmmakers, The Mill ...
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atmospheric, serious, realistic, bleak, surreal ...
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Time:
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Place:
flanders, europe, belgium
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The story is based in Banaras and is about a Hindu Priest Chaturvedi (Pankaj Kapoor) who follows the scriptures to practice Hindu religion. When a child is abandon by a woman and brought in his house by his daughter - after initial hesitation but ...
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realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, art film ...
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hindu, adoption, religion, clergy, salvation, parents and children, family relations, family life, babies and infants, society, family problems, priest ...
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Duration: 114 min.
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A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzawmon. Three years earlier, Kanemi killed a woman, Renko, the corrupt mistress of the powerful daimyo Tabu Ukyou. Unexpectedly, Kanemi received a lenient sentence for his crime and is allowed ...
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Country: Japan
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Country: Japan
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Story:
Feudal Japan, 1543 to 1562. Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He convinces Takeda to kill the lord of neighboring Suwa and take his wife ...
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Place:
japan, asia
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