The Boy and the Heron

The Boy and the Heron (2023)

君たちはどう生きるか

Where death comes to an end, life finds a new beginning.

While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the "long-awaited one."

Date of release
2023-07-14
TMDB
7.4 / 10 (2856)
Runtime
2h 4m
Genres
Animation, Fantasy, Drama
Director
Hayao Miyazaki

Casting

  • Soma Santoki — Mahito Maki (voice)
  • Masaki Suda — Gray Heron (voice)
  • Ko Shibasaki — Kiriko (voice)
  • Aimyon — Lady Himi (voice)
  • Yoshino Kimura — Natsuko (voice)
  • Takuya Kimura — Shoichi Maki (voice)
  • Keiko Takeshita — Izumi (voice)
  • Jun Fubuki — Utako (voice)
  • Sawako Agawa — Eriko (voice)
  • Karen Takizawa — Warawara (voice)
  • Shinobu Otake — Aiko (voice)
  • Jun Kunimura — The Parakeet King (voice)

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