Japan Synopsis
Lo straniero di silenzio
“When he stops talking…Start running!”
The Stranger comes across some bad guys trying to kill a Japanese emissary for a very important scroll. Before the emissary dies, he asks The Stranger to return the scroll to Japan. Once there he finds himself stuck in the middle of two rival clans and decides to play them off one against each other to free the town.
The 1967–1969 Japan Window
68 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Silent Stranger sits at position #64.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Silent Stranger. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 1960s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1960s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Silent Stranger premiered. 202 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #4,345 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (5th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.6 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Western productions specifically: #6 of 6 (top 100%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Italy, Japan, United States of America |
| Original Language | It |
| Spoken Languages | English, Italian, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Primex Italiana, Reverse, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Runtime | 1h 32m |
| Release Date | June 20, 1968 |
| IMDb | tt0203953 |