The Whispering of the Gods (ゲルマニウムの夜, Gerumaniumu no Yoru) is a 2005 Japanesedrama film directed by Tatsushi Ōmori and based on a 1998 novel by Mangetsu Hanamura. Released without approval from Eirin,[1] the film details abuse in a tight-knit Catholic farming community where a teenager who has committed murder takes refuge.