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A Silent Voice: The Movie

Name: A Silent Voice: The Movie
Director: Naoko Yamada
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Released: 2016
Rating: 8.4
Cast: Miyu Irino, Saori Hayami, Aoi Yuuki, Kensho Ono, Yuki Kaneko

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...?

2016 · Directed by Naoko Yamada · 129 min · Animation · Drama · Romance · 32 frames

Tagline

Sometimes the answer is as simple as learning to listen.

Crew

Screenplay: Reiko Yoshida
Cinematography: Kazuya Takao
Edited by: Kengo Shigemura
Music: Kensuke Ushio
Produced by: Mikio Uetsuki, Shinichi Nakamura, Kensuke Tateishi, Eharu Ohashi

Cast

Miyu Irino as Shouya Ishida (voice)
Saori Hayami as Shouko Nishimiya (voice)
Aoi Yuuki as Yuzuru Nishimiya (voice)
Kensho Ono as Tomohiro Nagatsuka (voice)
Yuki Kaneko as Naoka Ueno (voice)
Yui Ishikawa as Miyoko Sahara (voice)
Megumi Han as Miki Kawai (voice)
Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Satoshi Mashiba (voice)
Mayu Matsuoka as Shouya Ishida as an Elementary School Boy (voice)
Sachiko Kojima as Kazuki Shimada as an Elementary School Boy (voice)

Production

Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Studios: Kyoto Animation, ABC Animation, Kodansha, Pony Canyon
Box office: $30,819,442
Themes: high school, friendship, suicide, suicide attempt, deaf, bullying, coming of age, school, based on manga, adult animation

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