sentences:  Masahiro Shinoda directed the 1971 film "Silence", an adaptation from the novel.It was re-adapted by João Mário Grilo as "The Eyes of Asia" in 1996.In 2016, the novel was adapted into a film, also named "Silence", directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Jay Cocks and Scorsese, and starring Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, Tadanobu Asano and Ciarán Hinds.