The story of Japan's hidden Christians is the subject of a major new film directed by Martin Scorsese (due for release late 2016), based on Shusaku Endo's famous novel, Silence
A well-researched and insightful account of how and why Christianity survived in Japan through decades of fierce persecution. Part history, part travelogue, it seeks to explain a clash of civilisations that resonates to this day. *Also appeared in May Buyer's Notes*
