Green, Emma (December 21, 2016). "Martin Scorsese's radical act of turning theology into art". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on March 22, 2017 . Retrieved March 21, 2017.

a b "Garfield Interview with Steve Colbert". Steve Colbert Late Night. Archived from the original on July 25, 2017 . Retrieved August 2, 2017. This brief documentary describes the traditions and culture of the Japanese Christian community. AUDIO

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a b "Martin Scorsese Settles 'Silence' Suit". Deadline Hollywood. January 31, 2014. Archived from the original on December 6, 2016 . Retrieved September 30, 2016. The waitress places two more cups of coffee before us. I will soon be able to repair the awkward silence between Mr Kato and myself, and give him an answer to his question, for I now understand that it is "Endo's people" who provide me with conclusive evidence of a connection between Endo's world and my own. Dr Suguro, the man caught up in the vivisection scandal, reminds me of a young 19th-century English woman who finds herself on her father's Caribbean plantation "supporting" a system that she gradually comes to understand is "unsupportable". Falzone, Fabio (December 2, 2016). "Martin Scorsese. Why did you decide to direct "Silence" now?". TV2000. Archived from the original on September 4, 2020 . Retrieved August 4, 2017.

Francis Mathy, SJ, of Sophia University, (1974), "Introduction", Endo Shusaku, Wonderful Fool ( Obaka San), Tokyo: Tuttle, p. 6, ISBN 9780068598534. The Golden Country (1966): [6] A play featuring many of the characters who appear in the novel Silence.

Scorsese considered Silence a "passion project": it had been in development since 1990, two years after the release of his film The Last Temptation of Christ, which also carried strongly religious themes. [26] When asked why he retained interest in the project for over 26 years, Scorsese said:

Endō lectured at at least two Tokyo universities. [8] In 1956, he was hired as an instructor at Sophia University, [3] and Seijo University assigned him the role of "Lecturer on the Theory of the Novel" in 1967. [6] He was considered a novelist not a university professor, however. [8] Seth Kelley (December 24, 2016). "Box Office: 'Rogue One', 'Sing' Take Top Two Spots on Friday, Others Lag". Variety. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017 . Retrieved January 21, 2017.Wonderful Fool) (1959): [3] A story about a kind, innocent, and naïve Frenchman visiting post-war Tokyo. Gaston Bonaparte is a Christ-like figure who comes to live with a Japanese family. He befriends a variety of "undesirables" including stray dogs, prostitutes, and a killer. In spite of this unusual behavior he changes everyone he meets for the better. Morton, Leith (November 1994). The Image of Christ in the Fiction of Endō Shūsaku. Working Papers in Japanese Studies. Vol.8. Japanese Studies Center, Monash University, Australia. Fathers Rodrigues and Garrpe, former students of Ferreira, are Portuguese priests in their late 20s. The pair travel from Portugal to China, hoping to find a covert way to reach Japan. While there they are joined by Kichijiro, a pitiful and drunken man about their age whom they suspect is a Christian, though he adamantly denies it. A Portuguese superior of the Church warns them of a magistrate named Inoue, a particularly cruel and devilish persecutor, but nevertheless helps Rodrigues and Garrpe commission a Chinese ship and crew. They smuggle themselves and Kichijiro onto the shores of Japan, landing in the mountains near Nagasaki.