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The Boy and the Heron

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

★ 7.4 2023 · 2020s 124 min ja

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Synopsis

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."

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Cast & Crew

Soma Santoki

Soma Santoki

Mahito Maki (voice)

Masaki Suda

Masaki Suda

Gray Heron (voice)

Ko Shibasaki

Ko Shibasaki

Kiriko (voice)

Aimyon

Aimyon

Lady Himi (voice)

Yoshino Kimura

Yoshino Kimura

Natsuko (voice)

Takuya Kimura

Takuya Kimura

Shoichi Maki (voice)

Keiko Takeshita

Keiko Takeshita

Izumi (voice)

Jun Fubuki

Jun Fubuki

Utako (voice)

Sawako Agawa

Sawako Agawa

Eriko (voice)

Karen Takizawa

Karen Takizawa

Warawara (voice)

Shinobu Otake

Shinobu Otake

Aiko (voice)

Jun Kunimura

Jun Kunimura

The Parakeet King (voice)

Kaoru Kobayashi

Kaoru Kobayashi

Noble Pelican (voice)

Shōhei Hino

Shōhei Hino

Granduncle (voice)

Kiyofumi Nakajima

Kiyofumi Nakajima

Executive Producer

Goro Miyazaki

Goro Miyazaki

Executive Producer

Koji Hoshino

Koji Hoshino

Executive Producer

Hayao Miyazaki

Hayao Miyazaki

Director

Toshio Suzuki

Toshio Suzuki

Producer

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