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Bullying
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Disability
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Rehabilitation
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Animal Death
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Family Life
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Level 23
聲の形
Movie
alternative titles:
A Silent Voice, A Silent Voice: The Movie, The Shape of Voice
Blurb
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...?
Runtime:
130 mins
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(4.56/5)32 ratings3 reviews
Entertainment(5/5)
4 ratings
Language learning(5/5)
3 ratings
jansays
November 8, 2024
A genuine masterpiece (泣)
I watched this in English before even considering learning Japanese. It's... good. I love the realism of how a person's depression and their actions affect their life. Every time I seem to watch it, tears just come out whether I like it or not. It burns deep into the heart's feelings.
Language Learning
- This movie has quite useful vocabulary for new Japanese learners. Recommended for around N4 level. I wish I had watched this earlier but now I guess I unfortunately already knew most of the
Viesays
April 19, 2023
I am not one to usually rewatch the same movie but I love this one so much that I feel compelled to rewatch it sometimes. Every time it hits in the feels. Everything is just so beautiful: the animation, the music, the story... It is a very character-driven story where interpersonal relationships are the focus. The movie is so well-done, on every rewatch, I catch new little details. And of course, I love how they integrated sign language into the plot. Favorite, please watch.
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Genres
Content Tags
Adaption
100%
Animation
100%
Bullying
100%
Coming Of Age
100%
Disability
100%
Language Barrier
100%
Rehabilitation
100%
Heterosexual
75%
School
75%
Time Skip
75%
Shounen
50%
Urban
50%
Animal Death
25%
Family Life
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Great movie, it took me about 4hours to watch it completely at around N4/N3 level.
Overall, I had an ok level of understanding. Out of the other movies I've watched at this stage, this was one of the most enjoyable even when you don't understand some sentences ( the part where Ishida is rejecting everyone on the bridge for example).
And for Nishimiya it was almost impossible to understand but most of her dialogues where quoted by the others around her.