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
🗳 Votes2,531
🔥 Popularity6
💰 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 AnimationToshiyuki Inoue
Key AnimationYoshimi Itazu
Key AnimationAi Takashi
Key AnimationHideki Hamasu
Executive ProducerKiyofumi Nakajima
Key AnimationAtsuko Fukushima
Key AnimationYuuga Tokuno
Key AnimationTakeshi Inamura
Key AnimationAtsuko Otani
Key AnimationSusumu Mitsunaka
🖼 Gallery
🏷 Keywords
loss of loved oneworld war iieducationcoming of agespiritualitypovertyteenage boyparallel worldtroubled childhoodsemi autobiographicalbased on myths, legends or folkloremoving to a city
💬 Reviews
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…
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…
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'…
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