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📅 2023 ⏱ 2h 4min PG-13 Released FHD / 4K

The Boy and the Heron

君たちはどう生きるか

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

AnimationAdventureFantasyDramaFamily

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."

🎬 DirectorHayao Miyazaki

📅 Release2023-07-14

🌍 CountryJapan

🗣 LanguageJapanese

🏢 StudioStudio Ghibli

🗳 Votes2,568

🔥 Popularity11

💰 Budget$50,000,000

💵 Revenue$294,200,000

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🎭 Cast

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)

Kaoru Kobayashi

Noble Pelican (voice)

Shōhei Hino

Granduncle (voice)

🎥 Crew

Key Animation Toshiyuki Inoue

Key Animation Hideki Hamasu

Key Animation Ai Takashi

Key Animation Yoshimi Itazu

Executive Producer Kiyofumi Nakajima

Key Animation Atsuko Fukushima

Key Animation Atsuko Otani

Key Animation Atsuko Tanaka

Key Animation Eiji Yamamori

Key Animation Hiroomi Yamakawa

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🏷 Keywords

loss of loved oneworld war iisupernaturaleducationcoming of agespiritualitypovertyteenage boyparallel worldtroubled childhoodsemi autobiographicalbased on myths, legends or folklore

💬 Reviews

Manuel São Bento ⭐ 6/10

MORE SPOILER-FREE MINI-REVIEWS @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/mini-reviews-2023-edition THE BOY AND THE HERON is a visually captivating film that struggles to balance all of its storylines and themes. Technically, no faults. The visuals are nothing short of breathtaking, with each shot meticulously detailed and rich in storytelling. The animation is a true work of art, drawing viewe…

CinemaSerf ⭐ 7/10

Maybe it's sacrilegious to say, but I didn't love this latest from the marvellously imaginative mind of Hayao Miyazaki. It follows the adventures of "Mahito" who arrives at the home of his factory-owning father amidst WWII. We appreciate quickly that his mother has died and that he is to have a new, expectant, mother in "Natsuko". When she mysteriously disappears and "Mahito" finds his presence "r…

Chandler Danier ⭐ 8/10

Good little adventure for this young man who... has a bit of a strange situation with his dad. What a crazy bugger his dad is and what kind of family dynamic is going on? Is the younger sister pregnant with the dad's kid? Maybe it's cultural and I'm not sure why the old man changes intention so quickly or what the bird motivations are. Perhaps will read a book about it one day. It's fun. There'…