Thread 213791291

Did Japanese people like the movie Silence?

>>213791291 (OP)
I can only assume they did for completely different reasons than the western audience did.

>>213791301
what do you mean?

It was great, I usually don't like Scorsese but silence was very cool

They're pretty negative because they're very romantic about sengoku era and generally defend the actions of the samurai, so seeing them being brutal and cruel will always be strange

You’re asking whether “Japanese people” — as if 125 million individuals are some monolithic hivemind — liked Silence? Do you have any idea how reductive and patronizing that sounds? Japan is a diverse society full of individuals with different tastes, life experiences, and cultural perspectives. Some people loved the cinematography, some were bored out of their minds, some had nuanced critiques about its portrayal of history, and some never even watched it because—shocker—not everyone centers their life around Hollywood

>>213791351
And let’s talk about the Eurocentric framing here. Silence is a story told through the lens of Western guilt and spiritual crisis — and yet you’re centering the question on whether the colonized “approved” of the colonizer’s narrative. That’s not just tone-deaf, that’s cinematic mansplaining on a global scale. And it reeks of that subtle “validation seeking” where Western art only feels complete if the “locals” give a thumbs-up, like some exotic stamp of authenticity. Newsflash: Japanese viewers do not exist to rubber-stamp Western storytelling about their own history.

>>213791351
don't be autistic, i'm asking if the average sentiment was positive or negative

also how are you typing the em dash?
>>213791369
You are a moron lmao. The movie is based on the book by Shusaku Endo. Does that sound like a westerner to you?

>>213791351
>>213791369
I don't even care that you're fishing for replies but this is the reason why everyone hates leafs

>>213791351
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>>213791291 (OP)
its the one where christoids invade japan right?
probably they didnt like it

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