Thinking of the immense suffering European Christianity wrecked on other parts of the world, it would seem, that the Japanese were 100% right in recognizing the evil threatening their shores as early as back in the 17th century - which is the scenario of this movie.
If that was the message of Scorsese or if it was, as some have suggested, the opposite; Vis-à-vis the courageous suffering of Catholic priests in face of immense adversity is unclear.
A side note: At least Japan was spared the hundreds of thousands of instances of child abuse, that were to come in the places, were the Church succeeded in defeating all opposition.
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