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Movie

A Silent Voice: The Movie

2016NR2h 9m8.4 / 10

Sometimes the answer is as simple as learning to listen.

Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. When they leave elementary school, Shouko and Shouya do not speak to each other again... until an older, wiser Shouya, tormented by his past behaviour, decides he must see Shouko once more. He wants to atone for his sins, but is it already too late...?

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Synopsis

Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. When they leave elementary school, Shouko and Shouya do not speak to each other again... until an older, wiser Shouya, tormented by his past behaviour, decides he must see Shouko once more. He wants to atone for his sins, but is it already too late...?

Cast, crew and production details

About A Silent Voice: The Movie

Cast

Miyu IrinoShouya Ishida (voice)
Saori HayamiShouko Nishimiya (voice)
Aoi YuukiYuzuru Nishimiya (voice)
Kensho OnoTomohiro Nagatsuka (voice)
Yuki KanekoNaoka Ueno (voice)
Yui IshikawaMiyoko Sahara (voice)
Megumi HanMiki Kawai (voice)
Toshiyuki ToyonagaSatoshi Mashiba (voice)

Credits

Directed by
Naoko Yamada
Written by
Reiko Yoshida

Production details

Status
Released
Original language
Japanese
Original title
映画 聲の形
Box office
$30.8M

Production

  • Kyoto AnimationJapan
  • ABC AnimationJapan
  • KodanshaJapan
  • Pony CanyonJapan
  • QuarasJapan
  • ShochikuJapan

Themes

adult animationanimeappreciativebased on mangabullyingcoming of agedeaffriendshiphigh schooljapanese high schooljapanese schoolschoolshounensign languages