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I Want to Deliver Your Voice

Name: I Want to Deliver Your Voice
Director: Naoyuki Ito
Released: 2017
Duration: 94 min

Representation Score

4.2/10

Fair

2017

Director

Naoyuki Ito

Runtime

94 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

This slice-of-life drama focuses on personal discovery and Japanese folklore. It successfully gives the female lead meaningful ability to act and explores a nuanced, non-Western spiritual reality. However, the narrative lacks LGBTQ+ representation and diverse racial backgrounds. The story also does not engage with systemic social issues or broader multi-layered complexities.

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Category Breakdown

Does I Want to Deliver Your Voice have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The story centers around a protagonist and her connection to spiritual word spirits, without mentioning any LGBTQ+ identities or non-straight relationships.

How does I Want to Deliver Your Voice portray gender?

Fair

Nagisa Yukiai, the central female protagonist, uses her broadcasting to exercise significant influence. This portrayal challenges passive female stereotypes by giving her a strong voice.

How racially and ethnically diverse is I Want to Deliver Your Voice?

Limited

The film is set in a Japanese seaside town and seems to operate within a culturally homogeneous framework. There is no indication of multi-ethnic casting or race-bending.

How does I Want to Deliver Your Voice represent religion and culture?

Fair

The story delves into traditional Japanese spiritualism through the concept of kotodama, emphasizing a non-Western, folkloric perspective over secular or rationalist viewpoints.

Does I Want to Deliver Your Voice include disability representation?

Minimal

The film does not provide any information about characters with visible or invisible disabilities. There is no representation of neurodivergence or mental health conditions.

Present on Screen

Nagisa, the female protagonist, demonstrates a significant role in driving the story and communicative power.
The film explores unique Japanese spiritual concepts like kotodama.
It offers a non-Western worldview through its focus on folklore.

Limited or Absent

The story lacks LGBTQ+ representation and queer identity dynamics.
The setting appears culturally homogeneous with little racial diversity.
The narrative does not address systemic social issues or multi-layered complexities.

Official Synopsis

The story focuses on high school girl Nagisa Yukiai who lives in a seaside town. She has believed her grandmother's story that spirits dwell in words and they are called "kotodama" (word spirit). One day, she strays into a mini FM station that has not been used for years. As an impulse of the moment, she tries to talk like a DJ using the facility. But her voice accidentally broadcasted reaches someone she has never expected.

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