Are the Japanese treated unsympathetically, as mere props for the drama going on in the psyche of the Westerner?

Stream the dramatic feature film, Silence (2016, directed by Martin Scorcese) at Youtube, Netflix, Amazon.com or elsewhere.
Before watching the film Silence, review your notes on the documentary Empires: Japan, The Will of the Shogun from WEEK TWO.
Submit an answer to the prompt. Write in complete sentences and essay form. Submissions that are clear, that demonstrate familiarity with the material and thoughtful preparation will receive the highest scores.
PROMPT: The documentary we watched in WEEK TWO, The Will of the Shogun, provides information about the same period in Japan depicted in this week’s film, Silence. In The Will of the Shogun, events are portrayed more from the point of view of the Shogunate, and a connection is made between the Japanese peasants’ attraction to Christianity and the economic oppression which the peasant class suffered due to the Shogunate’s policies. In Silence, these aspects of the story are in the background. The focus of Silence is more on the faith struggles of the Portuguese Jesuit missionaries, and it is less clear that the faith of the Japanese Christians may be related to the economic and political conditions they are suffering in feudal Japan. By focusing on the missionaries and the cruelty of the Japanese authorities, and by leaving the economic/political oppression of the Japanese peasants in the background, are the filmmakers of Silence being unfair to the Japanese? Are the Japanese treated unsympathetically, as mere props for the drama going on in the psyche of the Westerner? Or are the Japanese, both the authorities and the peasants, depicted in a way that gives the audience a fair representation of their concerns and motivations? Be specific in support of your answers.

LINK TO MOVIE: https://soap2day.ac/MczozMToiMTc0fHw0Ny4xODYuMTEyLjE3M3x8MTY0MzM1OTAzNCI7.html

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