About Faith

The finale of this religious trilogy by the great director Martin Scorsese, adapted from the novel of the same name by the famous Japanese writer Endo Shusaku. The story takes place in a small village near Nagasaki under the Tokugawa shogunate's ban on education. Two Portuguese Jesuit priests smuggled to Japan to preach and investigate the case of their teacher's oath to abandon the religion due to the torture of "hanging in the hole". In the process of mission and search, faith and rebellion, holiness and immorality, power and humility, suffering and fear, perseverance and forbearance, struggle and detachment... All the dilemmas faced, forcing him to carry out his faith in Christ. Deeper and more realistic thinking.
This is a film about religious redemption. The era in which the story takes place is in the "age of voyages". Against the background of the spread of European civilization around the world, Christian missionaries rushed to various places in the world with the noble mission of saving all beings. corner. In Japan, which began to close its doors to the country, Christianity, which purifies all living beings, was brutally suppressed by conservative local forces and powerful local Buddhism. In the face of strong pressure, the believers abandoned their religion one after another. Those who insisted on their beliefs were either persecuted to death or went underground. However, Western missionaries faced a more difficult situation. They either announced their abandonment or saw their believers sacrifice for themselves. die.
The film discusses a lot of religious and philosophical issues like "Is God Almighty?" For example, in the film, the Japanese official said in order to comfort the missionaries that Japan is a country that is not suitable for Western Christianity. But this goes against Christ's principle of applying to all living beings. Also, since Christ preached about saving people from suffering, and Jesus was even willing to be nailed to the cross to save all living beings, would it be contrary to one's beliefs to abandon religion in order to save the five believers who were about to be put to death? In short, Andrew Garfield's beliefs in "Hacksaw Ridge" have been tested like never before in this film. The film restores the style of Japan at that time in terms of clothing, hairstyle, props and many other details (the whole film was shot in Taiwan), and like the title of this film, the whole film does not have any soundtrack, which is a major feature of the film. Also, at nearly 3 hours, it may be a bit long for viewers who are not interested in religion, and the film does not have intense contradictions (only ideological) and anything visually appealing, so , this film is not suitable for most domestic audiences.

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