A Silent Voice
- 2016
- Japan
- 2h 10min
- 12A
- Directed by: Naoko Yamada
- Cast: Miyu Irino, Saori Hayami, Megumi Han
- UK release: 17 March 2017
Shōko (Hayami) is a deaf girl who moves to a new primary school, where she is relentlessly bullied by Shōya (Irino); five years later, Shōya is a depressed and ostracised teenager who reaches out to Shōko in search of friendship and redemption. A gentle and intimate drama about emotional turmoil, with a moving and hard-earned climax.
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A Silent Voice
13 Mar 2017
Tender and truthful anime reflecting on the ripple effects of bullying, from director Naoko Yamada
Like recent anime smash Your Name, A Silent Voice makes beautiful, affecting work of teenage emotional turmoil. In almost every other way, director Naoko Yamada and scriptwriter Reiko Yoshida's adaptation of prodigious young mangaka Yoshitoki Ōima's…
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