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A Silent Voice
Why this pick
Yamada brings the same delicate attention to gesture, silence, and adolescent distance, shaping a tenderly observed story of connection and hurt.
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MOVIE2018 1h 31m JPN
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01 / THE STORY
The truth will break your heart.
In their last year of high school, two girls in the brass band club perform a song inspired by a fairy tale that parallels their friendship.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Nozomi Kasaki (voice)
Atsumi Tanezaki
Mizore Yoroizuka (voice)
Nao Toyama
Nozomi Kasaki
Chika Anzai
Reina Kousaka (voice)
Tomoyo Kurosawa
Kumiko Oumae (voice)
Ayaka Asai
Hazuki Katou (voice)
Miyu Honda
Liz (voice)
Yuichi Nakamura
Masahiro Hashimoto (voice)