A Silent Voice: The Movie
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...?
Critics Sentiment
Shoya stops Shoko's suicide attempt but falls into river himself
Group visits amusement park but falls apart when Miki exposes Shoya's past
The film swings from its lowest point during the amusement park group fallout to its emotional peak with Shoko's suicide attempt and Shoya's sacrifice.
A Silent Voice maintains consistently high sentiment throughout most of its runtime, with reviewers praising its mature handling of heavy themes like bullying, depression, and suicide. The film builds to an intensely powerful climactic sequence that critics universally acclaimed, before concluding with a deeply satisfying reconciliation that provides genuine emotional catharsis.
Full cast
Miyu Irino
Shouya Ishida (voice)
Saori Hayami
Shouko Nishimiya (voice)
Aoi Yuuki
Yuzuru Nishimiya (voice)
Kensho Ono
Tomohiro Nagatsuka (voice)
Yuki Kaneko
Naoka Ueno (voice)
Yui Ishikawa
Miyoko Sahara (voice)
Megumi Han
Miki Kawai (voice)
Toshiyuki Toyonaga
Satoshi Mashiba (voice)
Mayu Matsuoka
Shouya Ishida as an Elementary School Boy (voice)
Sachiko Kojima
Kazuki Shimada as an Elementary School Boy (voice)
Hana Takeda
Keisuke Hirose as an Elementary School Boy (voice)
Fuminori Komatsu
Takeuchi-sensei (voice)
Ikuko Tani
Ito Nishimiya (voice)
Erena Kamata
Maria Ishida (voice)
Ayano Hamaguchi
Shouya's Sister (voice)
Ryunosuke Watanuki
Pedro (voice)
Ryo Nishitani
Kazuki Shimada (voice)
Takuya Masumoto
Keisuke Hirose (voice)
Satsuki Yukino
Miyako Ishida (voice)
Akiko Hiramatsu
Yaeko Nishimiya (voice)
Crew
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