A Silent Voice: The Movie poster

MOVIE · 2016

A Silent Voice: The Movie

Japanese original · 129 min

★ 8.4 TMDB · 4,682 votes

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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Movie & series details

Original title
映画 聲の形
Release date
2016-09-17
Genres
Animation, Drama, Romance
Production countries
Japan

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