Hmmm...
This is a beauiful and grim and disturbing story of the Faith. Endo is a believing, Catholic Japanese, but boy, he sure knows how to give you a serious shake-up.
This book is the furthest thing in the world from "Cheap Grace" or "Easy Believe-ism". It's harrowing. By the end, I was getting the night-dreads. But it's a testament to the Faith nevertheless.
It would be easy for Scorsese to blow it. I truly hope he made this movie prayerfully. I hope he made it on his knees.