A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016) movie poster

A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)

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"Sometimes the answer is as simple as learning to listen."
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👍 96%Google users liked it archived
Critics Score
🎬 86% (RT: 94%, MC: 78) ℹ️RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Director
Runtime
2h 9m
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
TMDB Rating
8.4/10 (4,393 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
94%
Metacritic
78
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)
Yes. 96% of real audiences liked it based on 4,393 votes. Critics agree, scoring it 86%.
Overview
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...? Wikipedia ↗
Fun Facts
  • Eagle-eyed viewers have noticed a hidden easter egg referencing Naoko Yamada's previous film in the background of the opening scene.
  • During the filming of A Silent Voice: The Movie, Miyu Irino improvised one of the most famous lines in the movie.
  • Naoko Yamada originally wanted a completely different ending for the film, but test audiences preferred the one we see today.
Audience Consensus

A Silent Voice: The Movie is a 2016 Japanese animated drama directed by Naoko Yamada, based on Yoshitoki Oima's manga. The film follows Shoya Ishida, a former elementary school bully who tormented Shoko Nishimiya, a deaf transfer student, to the point that she transferred schools — and subsequently experienced the same social rejection from his classmates that he had inflicted on Shoko. Years later, as a suicidal high school student consumed by guilt, Shoya seeks out the now-teenage Shoko to apologize and make amends, and their renewed relationship becomes a journey of mutual healing.

A Silent Voice addressed bullying, disability, social isolation, depression, and suicide with extraordinary emotional maturity and visual sophistication — Kyoto Animation's production quality was stunning, with Shoya's social anxiety visualized through X-marks covering the faces of people he can't bring himself to look at. The film earned $33 million worldwide and is considered one of the finest animated dramas of the decade.

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